poetic justice
Example Sentences
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That it’s a woman who ultimately neutralizes Homelander shielding is a kind of poetic justice.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
If Mazda’s customers rebel, it will amount to poetic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Cromwell’s journey to Tower Hill is, in its way, poetic justice.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
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 could bear his suffering with great equanimity, for there was a poetic justice in it, though he himself was not a sinner above others, nor yet so much as many.
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
