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.

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 Meanings and Examples of VENGEANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vengeance
 n.  punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
Classic Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1  That reconciliation was nothing but the vengeance of a jealous woman.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
3  This idea, while darkening his brow, drew several sighs from him, and caused him to formulate to himself a few vows of vengeance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS
4  It was a movement of vengeance upon Milady.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 33 SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS
5  D'Artagnan believed it right to say that vengeance is the pleasure of the gods.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 33 SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS
6  He did not therefore allow her any hope that he would flinch; only he represented his action as one of simple vengeance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
8  A shade of anger and vengeance passed across the usually calm brow of this gentleman.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
10  But he also was spurred on by a ferocious desire of vengeance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 37 MILADY'S SECRET
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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 37 MILADY'S SECRET
12  Buckingham also was pursuing a private vengeance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
13  It might be a vengeance of Milady; that was most probable.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 48 A FAMILY AFFAIR
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.