How to Use freedom fighter in a Sentence

freedom fighter

noun
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  • The team is led by freedom fighter Vel Sartha (Faye Marsay).
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
  • Wright is a storyteller who sings with the gusto of a freedom fighter.
    — Tyrone Beason / Columnist, The Seattle Times, 1 Oct. 2018
  • On Monday, April 2, the world lost a fierce freedom fighter, one who held her head, and her fists, high, in the face of oppression – for decades.
    — Essence.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The bridge was then blessed, and the freedom fighter it was named for was recalled as an inspiration.
    — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2021
  • My book is about two people — a black former freedom fighter and a white lawyer who fought for the apartheid regime in the most elite army unit — confronting those changes.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 12 June 2018
  • For all of this, King became that much more of a hero to freedom fighters and dissenters across many continents.
    — Jason Sokol, Time, 4 Apr. 2018
  • No one was surprised that Trump failed to honor Navalny, a true freedom fighter.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
  • At their cores, both Dead and Thrones have been distilled into a triad of fascists vs. freedom fighters vs. the undead.
    — John Walters, Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The charismatic freedom fighter, who was the chair of the Party’s Illinois chapter, would have turned 74 today.
    — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The true story of a feminist icon in India who was a fearless freedom fighter.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2019
  • When does a freedom fighter become a terrorist, and who gets to decide?
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 6 July 2022
  • Someone with a new vision for America, a freedom fighter, a fresh face and a grassroots hero.
    — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
  • No matter which biopic wins, the loser will be Andrew de Moray, the Scottish freedom fighter that both movies ignore.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
  • But what has been noted so far appears to match historic descriptions of the freedom fighter’s fort.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2020
  • Jan Matejko is the national painter of Poland, an artist, a patriot, a freedom fighter.
    — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • Directed by Shoojit Sircar, the film shows some portions of the freedom fighter's life.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • One of the leaders of that mission is a man named Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), a scruffy, orphaned thief turned freedom fighter.
    — Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2022
  • In his native country, Mr. Ibrahim has long been known as both pioneer and freedom fighter.
    — Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ, 24 June 2019
  • As the old saying goes, your evil terrorist is my heroic freedom fighter.
    — Robert Darnton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Jan. 2019
  • The event included the performance of an original play that Crenshaw penned about the freedom fighter.
    — Donna Owens, Essence.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • And The Independent answered us in ’93 that Osama bin Laden was a freedom fighter practicing free speech.
    — Time, 5 Apr. 2018
  • This was the United States of America at its best, working with our allies to bring our people home safe, also to help free freedom fighters.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • It is well documented that Dooky Chase’s nourished the stomachs of freedom fighters.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al.com, 7 June 2019
  • One woman is a fugitive freedom fighter, the other an outcast bounty hunter.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 13 June 2022
  • This backfired in the case of Gandhi; the portrayal of the iconic Indian freedom fighter as a deranged horny teenager did not go over well in India.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 July 2020
  • As a British ally, Japan may seem like an odd safe haven for a Bengali freedom fighter fleeing British retribution.
    — Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 9 May 2020
  • In 1881, Frederick Douglass paid tribute to the freedom fighter.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Madikizela-Mandela had been an iconic freedom fighter in her own right, a stoic and heroic figure.
    — Toby Shapshak, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was a freedom fighter frequently called the father of Bangladesh.
    — Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The Yeshiva Maccabees, named for the ancient band of freedom fighters, are unfamiliar with this level of spotlight.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018

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