vengefully

Example Sentences

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I wasn’t thinking vengefully because I can’t look at a prison—which we did, it’s on Rarotonga—you can’t look at the outside of a prison without feeling pity for everybody who ends up there.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

At the height of my struggle with Spotify’s awkward interface, I went through and vengefully counted the taps it took to get into the app, find a song, and play it.

From The Verge • Jul. 17, 2015

She showed me a huge cement lump painted a patchwork of vengefully strident colors that segued into lovely filmy golds and violets.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

The Italian film, written and directed by Giorgio Diritti, follows the personal crisis of a young woman who has miscarried and been vengefully divorced by her husband.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2013

The mother stood beside old Shuswap, her bosom heaving vengefully as the warriors consigned her son to the ground.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John