avenging

Example Sentences

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After avenging that loss to become a two-weight undisputed champion later that year, Taylor recorded wins over Serrano in November 2024 and July 2025 having already overcome the Puerto Rican in April 2022.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Anyone who likes this kind of pulp knows these avenging angel characters are more or less the same: intense, taciturn, minimalist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

The same, by the way, was true of Nat Turner and John Brown—bloodthirsty monsters for some, avenging angels for others.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2024

While Paul's values are rooted in avenging his father through his thirst to eliminate the Harkonnens, he inadvertently evolves into Muad'dib, which is the name for a kangaroo mouse in Arrkais.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2024

It was about avenging him, which, like preparing the dead, must be accomplished in silence and secret.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros