martyr
noun
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
was martyring
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past progressiveof martyr.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"I shall like it immensely," said West, above pretending, as some regents would have done, that he was martyring himself for his friend, the king.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby
