Example sentences for: martyr

How can you use “martyr” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • KSM claims that the most important quality for any al Qaeda operative was willingness to martyr himself.

  • In the coping-with-children department, the message changed from advice to mothers on, say, avoiding "martyr complexes," to advice on lobbying for child care and avoiding gender stereotypes with sons and daughters.

  • On the northern wall is the tomb of Ponce de León; he shares this place of honor with San Pío, a Catholic martyr whose remains were brought from Rome in 1862.

  • The Independent said that although Ocalan was no saint or democratic hero, hanging him would only make things worse by turning him into a martyr for the Kurdish cause.

  • Manson gets to paint himself as a First Amendment martyr and keep selling records.


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