an eye for an eye

Example Sentences

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She offers a better resolution than an eye for an eye, in the form a honey-flavored absolution, baked with love.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024

Jade wants to be both the ugly zombie daddy, meting out an eye for an eye, and the final girl who brings him down.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2021

A common misperception is that proportionality in self-defence means an eye for an eye, a rocket for a rocket, or a casualty for a casualty.

From BBC • May 15, 2021

To suggest, in the name of a child’s innocent gaze, that putting food on the table beats an eye for an eye, for then soon enough everyone is blind.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2020

But the woman held him as much by her eyes as by her promise: "I shall preserve thy ship, and give thee back an eye for an eye, if thy men are harmed."

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward