Revenge means Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like retaliation or return.
Revenge in a sentence
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Revenge meaning
- Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
- A win by a previous loser.
Synonyms of Revenge
Example sentences (20)
A school PE teacher has told his followers how he gets revenge on colleagues who make him late for his lunch break.
Back in 2002, George Lucas nixed plans to introduce a Wookiee Jedi in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
Based on the gameplay trailer (above), featured Atari games include Fast Freddie, Crystal Castles and Yars' Revenge.
Ethnic Armenians fled, fearful of the coming Azeri revenge, and by now few if any remain in their ancestral homes.
He was introduced as a teenager seeking revenge against Ogre and his popularity endured throughout the franchise.
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Hellbent on revenge, Wick hunts down the son with reckless abandon, killing every single person who stands in his way.
After one of the men tries to rape her, she decides to take revenge, killing her attacker with a razor blade.
Arguably, the death of this John Wick dog was the thing that made his unending revenge kill streak relatable.
However, the European Commision has denied the proposed change was driven by a desire from Mrs von der Leyen for revenge.
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- "The Glory," a South Korean revenge drama starring Song Hye-kyo, will return with new episodes on Netflix.
But even then, the eyes of the nation were on Princess Diana, who stole the limelight with her now-notorious revenge dress.
Brothers and sisters, war does not solve any problem: it sows only death and destruction, foments hate, proliferates revenge.
Capping the year by endorsing Trump sure looks like Abbott’s final revenge on DeSantis and a way to position himself for 2028.
Dallas got its revenge five years later, though, beating the Heat in six games for its only championship in franchise history.
Directed by as stray dogs who work together to seek revenge against Doug (), a neglectful owner who never cared about his pet.
Her constant need for revenge after her husband Glen’s () death is getting in the way of her present relationship with her son.
After learning that clones only live for three years, the pair agree to send Old Sam home for revenge.
He exacts revenge by teaming up with the Vox Populi anarchists to bring war to Columbia's inhabitants.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning got some sweet revenge Saturday against his former team.
Common combinations with revenge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- revenge on 27×
- for revenge 24×
- revenge against 18×
- revenge and 16×
- revenge for 16×
- of revenge 15×
- his revenge 10×
- revenge of 7×
- seek revenge 7×
- that revenge 6×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word revenge. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.