Sentences with martyr
mar·tyr
M m - ...a glorious martyr to the cause of liberty. [+ to]
- St Pancras was martyred in 304 AD. [be VERB-ed]
- A classics scholar who once trod the boards for the Royal Shakespeare Company revives the tale of the forgotten feminist martyr Hypatia.
- For centuries, France's cult of Joan of Arc has been seized on by politicians looking for patriotic martyr figures.
- When are you going to quit acting like a martyr?
- Ellsworth was a martyr to his sense of honour and responsibility. [+ to]
- To make of Saddam a martyr would be of immense benefit to the insurgency that is trying to turn the country into a charnel house.
- He's a martyr to rheumatism
- A martyr to the cause of social justice.
- A martyr to severe headaches.