VENGEANCE in a Sentence
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101 example sentences for VENGEANCE, such as:
1. Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
2. It was a movement of vengeance upon Milady.
3. Buckingham also was pursuing a private vengeance.
4. He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder.
5. If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance.
2. It was a movement of vengeance upon Milady.
3. Buckingham also was pursuing a private vengeance.
4. He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder.
5. If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance.
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Meanings and Examples of VENGEANCE
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vengeance
n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Classic Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1 That reconciliation was nothing but the vengeance of a jealous woman.
2 For himself, he had no doubt she was a victim of the cardinal's vengeance; and, as was well known, the vengeance of his Eminence was terrible.
3 This idea, while darkening his brow, drew several sighs from him, and caused him to formulate to himself a few vows of vengeance.
4 It was a movement of vengeance upon Milady.
5 D'Artagnan believed it right to say that vengeance is the pleasure of the gods.
6 He did not therefore allow her any hope that he would flinch; only he represented his action as one of simple vengeance.
7 It took some time for d'Artagnan to resume this little dialogue; but then all the ideas of vengeance which he had brought with him had completely vanished.
8 A shade of anger and vengeance passed across the usually calm brow of this gentleman.
9 The counsels of his friend, joined to the cries of his own heart, made him determine, now his pride was saved and his vengeance satisfied, not to see Milady again.
10 But he also was spurred on by a ferocious desire of vengeance.
11 He wished to subdue this woman in his own name; and as this vengeance appeared to him to have a certain sweetness in it, he could not make up his mind to renounce it.
12 Buckingham also was pursuing a private vengeance.
13 It might be a vengeance of Milady; that was most probable.
14 The king, even while obeying him like a child, hated him as a child hates his master, and would abandon him to the personal vengeance of Monsieur and the queen.
15 Now, Planchet has an excellent memory; and I will be bound that sooner than relinquish any possible means of vengeance, he will allow himself to be beaten to death.
Example Sentence:
1 On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance.
2 He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder.
3 If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance.
4 Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
5 Avenging someone implies that you have been a victim of outrages and vengeance is required.