vengefully
Example Sentences
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I wasn’t thinking vengefully because I can’t look at a prison—which we did, it’s on Rarotonga—you can’t look at the outside of a prison without feeling pity for everybody who ends up there.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
At the height of my struggle with Spotify’s awkward interface, I went through and vengefully counted the taps it took to get into the app, find a song, and play it.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2015
She showed me a huge cement lump painted a patchwork of vengefully strident colors that segued into lovely filmy golds and violets.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 15, 2014
The Italian film, written and directed by Giorgio Diritti, follows the personal crisis of a young woman who has miscarried and been vengefully divorced by her husband.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013
She vowed vengefully that he should pay for it, thereby proving conclusively that, when it came to a matter of a grudge, she was no respecter of personages.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine
