vengeance
Example Sentences
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And if not, what would we actually do to stop the Islamic Republic’s rulers from exacting vengeance?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those are surely factors, but what we are witnessing is a legal show trial, acting out institutionalized vengeance toward a mother who was severely and obviously mentally ill, something on which both sides agree.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The book explores the performance of niceness, class, intergenerational frictions and how technology makes vengeance not just possible but almost exceedingly easy in the modern age.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Out of desperation, Ron seeks vengeance against Tecca, the company that made the all-important chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Already the heat blazed down on us with a vengeance, and we were so dehydrated our tongues felt like thick, dry parchments in our mouths.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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