Example Sentences

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If there is a way to avoid martyring the guy by giving him the “great honor” of being jailed for a few hours, that would be useful.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2024

“I think he wanted something on his résumé, some way of martyring himself, so he could say ‘They’re out to get me.’”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023

Now they have jumped on the grievance train, martyring themselves for the cause:

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2021

David Cronenberg’s “The Dead Zone” makes a curse out of a gift, martyring a man who can see the future at the price of his life.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017

She sits down next to me, crunching and martyring her way through the bowl of dry cereal, eyeing my plate the whole time.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson