comeuppance

Example Sentences

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If “One of Us” is an entertaining family saga of privilege and comeuppance, it is also a consummate novel of suspense in which revelations detonate with lethal accuracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

In “Death of a Unicorn,” the last-act thrills just can’t match the early-going’s billionaire satire that gleefully prescribes a worthier comeuppance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

No final comeuppance, no order from the court that meant more than paper.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

Every time I've put my pride and my ego into my decision-making, I've had my comeuppance.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

Out in the world, the wicked escaped comeuppance and the decent stood in their stead at the whipping tree.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead