poetic justice
Example Sentences
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The hum for readers of this well-crafted book comes from seeing its determined protagonist try to foil that scheme while ensuring poetic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
That it’s a woman who ultimately neutralizes Homelander shielding is a kind of poetic justice.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Cromwell’s journey to Tower Hill is, in its way, poetic justice.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
It would have been poetic justice if he had won on Sunday, not just playing in a home World Cup but also leading his side - that wasn't meant to be.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023
Scaliger is here following the extreme view of poetic justice which we have found expressed in so many of the Renaissance writers.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
