revengefulness
Example Sentences
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It is scarcely possible for them to deal with the hypocrisy and jealousy, revengefulness and cant that broke a man's life and a nation's cause.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Arthur Warren
The former was as famous for his power and riches, his envy and revengefulness, as was the latter for his strength and gentleness, his sympathy and tenderness.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
My dear young lady," said Mr. Lavender soothingly, "you are not—you cannot be revengeful; for every great writer and speaker tells us that revengefulness is an emotion alien to the Allies, who are merely just.
From The Burning Spear by John Galsworthy
Through all her extravagance, envy, and revengefulness he saw the central truth—that he had been deceived—not by his wife, but by himself!
From Clarence by Bret Harte
This sentence we should remember so often as we are tempted to revengefulness, under the smart of injuries from men.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
