REVENGE in a Sentence

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138 example sentences for REVENGE, such as:

1. A dead body, revenges not injuries.
2. He revenged the murder of his father.
3. He is cogitating upon some means of revenge.
4. The thorough revenge is to forgive and forget.
5. He had pictured red letters of curious revenge.

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 Meanings and Examples of REVENGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
revenge
 v.  do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
Classic Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
1  She had struck a blow of revenge for Tara--and for Ellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  With greedy ears I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
3  He was intent on an audacious, immitigable, and supernatural revenge.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
4  Such a crew, so officered, seemed specially picked and packed by some infernal fatality to help him to his monomaniac revenge.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
5  Upon this, and one or two other circumstances, Steelkilt systematically built the plan of his revenge.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
6  Yet complete revenge he had, and without being the avenger.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
7  By and by they would have their revenge, though, for the thing was getting beyond human endurance, and the people would rise and murder the packers.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  You would, then, revenge the injury inflicted by Munro on his helpless daughters.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
9  Purchase wealth by her safety and satisfy your revenge with a single victim.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
10  Nor was the sword of death stayed until cupidity got the mastery of revenge.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
11  On the present occasion, his native powers were stimulated by the thirst of revenge.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
12  The next consideration, however, was the means and opportunities for revenge.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
13  The tormentors were flies sucking insolently at his blood, and he thought that he would have given his life for a revenge of seeing their faces in pitiful plights.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
14  He had thought of a fine revenge upon the officer who had referred to him and his fellows as mule drivers.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
15  He had pictured red letters of curious revenge.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
Example Sentence:
1  The attack was in revenge for the deaths of two loyalist prisoners.
2  He is cogitating upon some means of revenge.
3  Sharp may have been the victim of a gangland revenge killing.
4  To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.
5  The cause of suffering is selfish desire, whether it is the desire for pleasure, desire for revenge, or simply desire for a long life.
6  He vowed to take his revenge on the man who had killed his brother.
7  The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge.
8  The thorough revenge is to forgive and forget.
9  The greatest revenge is to accomplish what others say you cannot do.
10  She said she was not going to attribute blame or seek revenge for what had happened.
11  The enemy in its revenge tried to annihilate the entire population.
12  The knight swore he would revenge his father's death.
13  He revenged the murder of his father.
14  A dead body, revenges not injuries.