Get to know Avenge better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like revenge or retaliate.
Avenge in a sentence
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Avenge meaning
- To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
- To take vengeance.
Using Avenge
- The main meaning on this page is: To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. | To revenge oneself (on or upon someone). | To take vengeance.
- Useful related words include: revenge, retaliate, punish, penalize.
- In the example corpus, avenge often appears in combinations such as: to avenge, avenge the, avenge his.
Context around Avenge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 15 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Avenge
- In this selection, "avenge" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mephisto and itself stand out and add context to how "avenge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include action to avenge the killing and aim to avenge their game. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "avenge" sits close to words such as addict, behavioural and bengali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with avenge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ruthye wants to avenge her father, whom Krem murdered in cold blood. (12 words)
The text inside the ring reads the mysterious quote, "Mephisto avenge this house". (13 words)
An IDF soldier in Gaza prepares to avenge the slaughter of Israelis, among them those he loved. (17 words)
Authorities described Davis as the "shot caller" of a hurried plot to avenge the beating of his nephew, Orlando Anderson, inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena by Shakur and members of his entourage on the night of Sep 7, 1996, not long before the shooting. (45 words)
Early on September 19, Azerbaijan’s president set in motion a lightning-fast military plan months in the making that would redraw the geopolitical map and avenge an ignominious defeat suffered by his father some 30 years before. (38 words)
The Russian is hoping to meet Beterbiev himself in an undisputed showdown before the year is out, with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez also eager to avenge his defeat after being outclassed by the 32-year-old last May. (37 words)
That’s what makes him such a fascinating anti-hero because his actions make sense—who wouldn’t want to avenge their family after the “good guys” let them get killed? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
So, just understanding that you know, in the world of you would avenge your brother, and you would actually want to avenge him even further and kill more than just one person.
Afro then grows up and begins his journey to hunt down and avenge his father's death, a trail of bodies behind.
After the assassination, entrusted Salameh with the task of carrying out terrorist attacks in Israel to avenge the killing of Ayyash, nicknamed “The Engineer” because of his expertise in manufacturing bombs.
An IDF soldier in Gaza prepares to avenge the slaughter of Israelis, among them those he loved.
Authorities described Davis as the "shot caller" of a hurried plot to avenge the beating of his nephew, Orlando Anderson, inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena by Shakur and members of his entourage on the night of Sep 7, 1996, not long before the shooting.
But Russian military leadership is now likely "attempting to avenge itself on Prigozhin for a conflict that he initiated," the ISW said in its report.
Early on September 19, Azerbaijan’s president set in motion a lightning-fast military plan months in the making that would redraw the geopolitical map and avenge an ignominious defeat suffered by his father some 30 years before.
Family is an intensely personal reason for any MCU hero or supervillain to fight, either to avenge a fallen family member or to defend someone who's still alive.
In all his films, except for Bigil, a female lead is killed to give an emotional backstory to the hero, who most often goes on to avenge the death of his loved one.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Israel on Wednesday that it or its allied groups would take “direct” action to avenge the killing of senior commander Razi Moussavi.
Others, however, become the criminal themselves in attempts to avenge their lost childhood or cope with the darkness inside.
Rugby Union Champions Cup: Gloucester v Leinster, 12.30pm, ITV1 Captain Lewis Ludlow and team try to avenge a 57-0 drubbing in the reverse fixture.
Ruthye wants to avenge her father, whom Krem murdered in cold blood.
That’s what makes him such a fascinating anti-hero because his actions make sense—who wouldn’t want to avenge their family after the “good guys” let them get killed?
The Chargers will be looking to avenge the 38-10 home loss to the Jaguars on Sept. 25. Their last four losses were all by one score.
The Dolphins will want to bounce back from last week’s loss, but the Jets definitely will look to avenge the Black Friday loss in which Wilson sat out.
The Nelson Dilipkumar directorial also stars Tamannaah Bhatia in a pivotal role and tells the story of a man, who is out to avenge his cop son’s death.
The Russian is hoping to meet Beterbiev himself in an undisputed showdown before the year is out, with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez also eager to avenge his defeat after being outclassed by the 32-year-old last May.
The text inside the ring reads the mysterious quote, "Mephisto avenge this house".
The Vegas Golden Knights aim to avenge their Game 3 loss with a victory in Game 4 against the Florida Panthers.
Common combinations with avenge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: