vengeance

Example Sentences

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Their destruction, he suggests, is not vengeance but good governance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

What is a rather staid drama about the weight of social expectations on a relationship becomes a dramatically unexpected game of vengeance as Jennifer and Fernando grasp at any power they have over the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The lust for vengeance eventually gets the better of him, but Swenson leads us step by step to depravity through sorrow, injustice and humiliation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

"I named him Muhoozi, which means vengeance, such that when someone wrongs me, he avenges," Museveni once explained.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The muscle cramps had returned with a vengeance.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros