eye for an eye
Example Sentences
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An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as Mahatma Gandhi allegedly said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
Jade wants to be both the ugly zombie daddy, meting out an eye for an eye, and the final girl who brings him down.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2021
You don't believe in the eye for an eye?
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2019
“Once we start down this path, it will be very difficult to reverse direction. An eye for an eye will leave us all blind and the world in deep recession.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2018
“The law of Leviticus states ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life.’
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
