an eye for an eye
Example Sentences
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She offers a better resolution than an eye for an eye, in the form a honey-flavored absolution, baked with love.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024
“Justice is seen as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2018
But why does justice require an eye for an eye?
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016
“We don’t believe in an eye for an eye, and we advocate against gun violence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2016
It was a superstitious fear that held his frightfulness in check—a presentiment based upon the Mosaic Law, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
