revanche

Example Sentences

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In a public statement, Serebrennikov described how, even in the country’s gathering conservative revanche, it had seemed that some “free air” remained, if only “in fashionable cafes, at home, with friends”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2020

En revanche, le texte complet demeure absolument inchangé.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2020

They actually predicted as early as 1999 that there was a possibility of totalitarian revanche.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2017

This time, however, the “White House defenders” were the forces for revanche, and the term’s association with freedom faded.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2016

"Je vous envoye a sweet kiss, dear Papa, envoyez moi en revanche, un Mot de Réponse," was one languishing request.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell