How to use "martyr" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "martyr" in popular movie and book plots

  • At the funeral Jihad promises revenge, telling Ashraf's father that his daughter was a martyr and will not die in vain.  - The Bubble (2006 film)
  • Against her husband's will, Sepa addresses the crowd, proclaiming Elsa a martyr whose devotion to the Virgin must continue.  - Himala
  • Claudandus subsequently became a martyr figure.  - Felidae (film)
  • Back in London, Ross is satisfied that the dead Vulkan will be taken for another martyr shot while escaping to the West.  - Funeral in Berlin (film)
  • The migrant workers rally around her memory as she becomes a martyr to the cause of the struggling peasants.  - Al Haram
  • If he is killed, he could be made into a martyr all too easily, something that would be highly detrimental to the new Cuban government.  - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
  • That act of selflessness makes her a martyr in the eyes of the villagers, despite her lowly origins.  - Achhut Kannya
  • If he is found guilty he would become a martyr and further inspiration to acts of terror.  - The Defender (2004 film)
  • The minister is reported to have been killed by terrorists and is hailed as a martyr by the media.  - Rang De Basanti
  • Their decision is based more on principle than practicality, and it is clear that they are willing to martyr themselves.  - Dear Wendy
  • His death as a martyr appears as a victory against oppression.  - Egmont (play)
  • Plunkett was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn on 1 July 1681, aged 55, the last Roman Catholic martyr to die in England.  - Oliver Plunkett
  • The figure instructs Vollmer to arrange the death of one of his followers, Nick, thereby creating a martyr to rally everyone around.  - He's Alive
  • The story ends with a mention of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, another child martyr supposedly slain by Jews.  - The Prioress's Tale
  • ” The Lady, after her death, is declared a martyr and is further glorified by those who surround her, especially Govianus.  - The Second Maiden's Tragedy
  • Rameses, well aware of his father's (and Nefretiri's ) devotion to Moses, decides not to execute him and make a martyr out of him.  - The Ten Commandments (1956 film)

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