requite

Example Sentences

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But still I crane my neck and track them at every opportunity, hoping I suppose to requite their deep indifference for me with my high regard for them.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2013

It would requite a lobotomy in order to speak as they do. paulejb Not difficult at all, Hollywood.

From Time • Jul. 24, 2013

Therefore, in "the world as it is," you must requite evil with lesser evil.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2011

Did Mr. Anderson requite Ms. McKinney’s love, as she insists?

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2011

Replied Odysseus: “The young men, yes. And may the gods requite those insolent puppies for the game they play in a home not their own. They have no decency.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer