poetic justice
Example Sentences
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The hum for readers of this well-crafted book comes from seeing its determined protagonist try to foil that scheme while ensuring poetic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It would have been poetic justice if he had won on Sunday, not just playing in a home World Cup but also leading his side - that wasn't meant to be.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023
I must admit, I’m amused by the poetic justice of it all.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023
It's poetic justice that they get to be first in line to start holding him accountable.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023
As to the way in which the conclusion is brought to pass, there is to the child and to the childlike mind, in literature as in life, something eminently satisfying in poetic justice.
From Literature in the Elementary School by MacClintock, Porter Lander
