revenge

Example Sentences

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“I was so entrenched in why women commit acts of crime,” Alloway said, adding that she was disappointed to find that revenge films on the subject still often revolved around men.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Two years later, though, Jospin won a revenge of sorts when the cocky Chirac called an early general election, expecting his right-wing RPR party -- forerunner of Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans -- to win easily.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Originally self-published last February, Shy Girl was described in its promotional material as a "buzzy BookTok sensation" and "a harrowing tale of survival and revenge" and well as being "bloody and unapologetic".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Salon’s executive editor Andrew O’Hehir quotes producer Tomoyuki Tanaka’s summation in his ode to the original movie: “Mankind had created the Bomb,” Tanaka said, “and now nature was going to take revenge on mankind.”

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Tucker took out Number Seven with a solid hit, but Number Seven took revenge mid-period and flattened Tucker.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely