vengeance
Example Sentences
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But it has come back with a vengeance, rising more than 21% in May for its best monthly performance since 2001.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The stories frame the all-consuming desire for retaliation as an integral aspect of our mortal lives; no one gets out without hankering for a bit of vengeance.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
“And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1, when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Lee Marvin plays an implacable man out for vengeance in this 1967 thriller, arriving in a 4K restoration, that keeps the audience at a cool remove.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
He had been carried home in silence and lay now behind locked doors, with his living kinsmen, who sat, weeping, and praying, and dreaming of vengeance, and waiting for the next visitation.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing vengeance
Words from "The Avengers"
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Beowulf: A New Telling
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 1
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