requital

Example Sentences

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This nonsense gradually infected everything and the consequence was an underestimate which subsequently bought the bitterest requital.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Thou speakest truly: be thy requital sweeter than mine!"

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

"Do ye in all truth follow the doctrine that bids you suffer without requital?" he demanded, even while feeling that his logic was impotent.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

"Still, there are young ladies in the world who would vouchsafe to bear me company in requital for being placed at the head of such a house as this."

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James

Nor is revenge, even in its subordinate position, the simple blood-for-blood requital that it is in Kyd.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.