revengefulness

Example Sentences

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My dear young lady," said Mr. Lavender soothingly, "you are not—you cannot be revengeful; for every great writer and speaker tells us that revengefulness is an emotion alien to the Allies, who are merely just.

From The Burning Spear by Galsworthy, John

Hence they laid at his door God's violent anger against them, blaming not the wickedness of those who had been punished, but Moses, who, they said, had excited God's revengefulness against them.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Radin, Paul

The destructive emotions of fear, worry, anger, jealousy, revengefulness, envy, etc., actually poison the fluids and tissues of the body.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

The former was as famous for his power and riches, his envy and revengefulness, as was the latter for his strength and gentleness, his sympathy and tenderness.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór

And Auriole with the disposition to like him better than any man of her acquaintance suffered an entire reversal of feeling and went headlong to the other extreme in a spirit of unbecoming revengefulness.

From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland