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Definition of "martyring" []

  • Present participle of martyr. (verb)

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Use "martyring" in a sentence
  • "I don't consider it to be "martyring" at all; I consider it being aware of how societal and cultural influences shape who I am supposed to be attracted to vs. who I actually enjoy spending time with."
  • "The "martyring," boomerang that it had proved, was over."
  • "To him "martyring" meant some queer rite whose main and malicious purpose it was to keep Split indoors of an evening when the high mountain twilight was going to be long, long; and when the moon that followed it would be so brilliant that one might read by its light -- if he weren't too wise, and too fond of hide-and-seek -- out in the silver-flooded streets made vocal by childish cries."
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