Comeuppance in a sentence

A trigger-happy cop similarly got his comeuppance after he allegedly shot and killed one Onyeka Ibe over an N100 bribe while on stop-and-search duty.

Beast's personal faith in his infallibility may end up costing him his life, which would be the ultimate comeuppance for someone who's always been so defined by their hubris.

Bonnet’s comeuppance also took much longer to come, granting him more time to cause havoc.

Eventually, all the characters get drawn into the 3D world of color, and they work together to save Minnie and give Pete his comeuppance.

However, worry not, fans, as Senator Xiono's future in the timeline means he will eventually face the worst kind of comeuppance.

Knezevic gang members Ivan and Matija finally got their comeuppance in the last episode when the police raided their house on Ripon Street in Halifax and arrested them.

Marty Wolf faces his hubris and gets his comeuppance by the end of the movie, but this scene in particular is iconic for a reason — it’s the total package.

There are things it has to say — not about transgressive politics and its comeuppance, but about what is seen to be politics-as-usual.

The wrong person went over in my opinion, but only because the feud is too new for the feel to get his comeuppance (let alone for it to come to a 2-out-of-3 falls match).

Trump too is gradually facing deserved comeuppance, for his never-seen-before executive rascality.

After all, who doesn't love a good comeuppance?

But now the group is facing its comeuppance for the senseless protests.

Every time I've put my pride and my ego into my decision-making, I've had my comeuppance.

Hedge-fund manager Giles Kenworthy probably deserved a comeuppance of some sort.

This will be disturbing because El-Rufai deserves his comeuppance from inside the Kaduna where he played god and not from external manipulators.

Trish said they knew when they did the scene that the comeuppance would come at WrestleMania.

And, honestly, it'd be just comeuppance for the Clown Prince of Crime, because Ivy was definitely robbed of a shot at happiness, regardless of who she ended up choosing to spend her life with.

Despite the abundance of confidence, some short sellers remain in the game of picking Afterpay's comeuppance.

Griffin, in a cosmic comeuppance, is the movie executive who doesn’t believe in movies who watches his life turn into a movie.

Henry is vile, and he is finally taken to task by Rock in a gripping scene towards the end of the series, but other than that he receives little comeuppance.