Sebastian

[ si-bas-chuhn ]

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. 288?, Roman martyr.
2. a male given name.

Sebastian

/ sɪˈbæstjən /

noun

1. Sebastian, Saint?288MRomanRELIGION: martyrRELIGION: saint Saint. died ?288 ad , Christian martyr. According to tradition, he was first shot with arrows and then beaten to death. Feast day: Jan 20

Example Sentences

The grains of sand analogy lives on, but as Sebastian and research reporter Kirsten Berg discovered, it’s been updated for the 21st century.

From ProPublica

Sebastian recounts the tale of Hu Ji, a cop from Wuhan who plots to deploy an “emotional bomb” that he hopes will persuade a purported fugitive living in New Jersey to fly home voluntarily.

From ProPublica

Sebastian’s account of Ji’s operations makes for quite a saga, and that’s no coincidence.

From ProPublica

As they set out into the Gulf of Mexico, Sebastian imagined all the amazing things they might find.

From Outside Online

Interest in Reels spiked when it debuted, based on the number of times users searched for it on Google, according to Sebastian.

From Fortune

A few years back, Belle and Sebastian even penned a song, “Suicide Girl,” about a woman trying to audition to be one.

From The Daily Beast

Sebastian Vidal, a field coordinator for MSF, told NPR he was “flabbergasted” at the lack of international response.

From The Daily Beast

Billy jokes about it now, saying it was like being on a date with Sebastian Cabot.

From The Daily Beast

The report also names the administrator of one such targeted directory, a German computer science student named Sebastian Hahn.

From The Daily Beast

“Bob has proposed,” Jerry Hall tells diarist Sebastian Shakespeare.

From The Daily Beast

Sebastian Brandt died; counsellor of Strassburg, a lawyer, and author of a curious poem.

From Project Gutenberg

The market-place was instantly devoted; it was down in a few seconds, and a chapel to St. Sebastian begun.

From Project Gutenberg

The first and eldest parish is that of St. Sebastian; the church dedicated to whom is the royal chapel, the only one I saw to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

Sebastian Joseph de Pontchasteau, a French author, died; remarkable for the singularity of his acts of devotion and charity.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Catacomb of St. Sebastian was also found a small terra cotta horse of rude design, dappled with coloured spots.

From Project Gutenberg