vengeance
Example Sentences
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The stories frame the all-consuming desire for retaliation as an integral aspect of our mortal lives; no one gets out without hankering for a bit of vengeance.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
“And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1, when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Lee Marvin plays an implacable man out for vengeance in this 1967 thriller, arriving in a 4K restoration, that keeps the audience at a cool remove.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The worries about software stocks—the so-called SaaSpocalypse—returned with a vengeance on Friday, expanding across the tech complex to chips and other hardware plays, as well.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Aunt Pretty huffed and started crocheting with a vengeance.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing vengeance
Words from "The Avengers"
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Beowulf: A New Telling
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 1
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