take vengeance
Example Sentences
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A bristling, funny, savage novel that homes in on the conflicted lives of three ultra-wealthy Manhattan wives and the corrupt man on whom they take vengeance.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018
Peck’s documentary, he explains that he didn’t see Tom as a hero because he refused “to take vengeance into his own hands.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2017
Watching Brady take vengeance on the league office by way of New England’s opponents has been one of the few compelling plots thus far.
From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2016
The second of those challenges, by Sidwell in the 87th minute, gave Kranjcar the chance to take vengeance.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014
Then Dryden had to take vengeance on the literary champions of the Whig party who had opened upon him with all their artillery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
