vengeance
Example Sentences
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Losing Catherine to Edgar, the heir of Thrushcross Grange, prompts Heathcliff, the perpetual outsider, to vow vengeance; he maneuvers to gain financial control of both houses with the aim of destroying each one’s inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
According to the film’s logline, Kara’s encounter with “an unexpected and ruthless adversary” leads her to “reluctantly join forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
What we see isn’t gratuitous government cruelty, chaos or vengeance.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
It also was a place with "no sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialisation of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding and forgiveness."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Nemesis wanted him to wreak vengeance on Gaea?
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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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