How to Use revenge in a Sentence

revenge

1 of 2 verb

• Driven to revenge, Ji-woo joins the gang of a crime boss who knew her father.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• To save his own skin and revenge himself on Logan, Kendall has turned whistleblower.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• Years later that boy has grown up to be Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), who had dedicated his life to revenge.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021
• But Morgan will be part of a core group of American veterans eager to revenge the team’s early crash out of the 2016 Olympics.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 23 June 2021
• Hong Kongers also marked the student’s death with vigils over the weekend, and are calling upon one another to revenge his death.
  — Tripti Lahiri, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2019
• When Moody is brutally killed, Anna plots revenge against his murderer (Keaton) in a weaving cat-and-mouse game.
  — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2021
• For others, however, the fighting means something besides grief and anger, or even revenge.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• White people are lucky Black people only want equality, and not revenge.
  — Chelsea Sanders, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021
• The Centurions gave the Rockets their first loss of the season back in August, but Assumption exacted revenge three weeks later.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2021
• With Cassie and Nate’s secret affair finally exposed, Maddy wishfully plots revenge against her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2022
• People with stressful jobs and who work long hours might also be prone to revenge bedtime procrastination.
  — Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 6 Nov. 2021
• Soon enough, the cost of fame is being measured in bribes as various underworld characters emerge, seeking payoffs or just revenge in the aftermath of tragedy.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Nov. 2021
• Here are the reflections of a few of the artists and technicians who pitted against one another two bastards, their vast armies and (most powerful of all) their divergent attitudes to power and to revenge.
  — Daniel D’addario, Time, 19 June 2016
• Some are calling these bucket-brimming overseas plans revenge escapes.
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 24 June 2021
• Falsely accused of a crime and shipped off to a convict colony in Australia, barber Sweeney returns to 19th-century London determined to be revenged on those who did him wrong — costing him his wife and daughter.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• At its center is a man whose attempt to leave behind his father’s past on the wrong side of the law is frustrated by circumstance, and who has to find a balance (and perhaps revenge) in an uncertain, rapidly changing world.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
• No one has the energy for memorials, organizing, or even revenge.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2021
• As travel rebounded this year, a number of different trends have emerged, from working remotely from hotels to revenge travel to trip stacking.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2021
• Others are exposed to revenge attacks from embittered neighbours or Syria’s many unruly militias.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
• But as vaccination rates pick up and consumers confined to their homes much of last year begin to revenge spend, 2021 is shaping up as a year of recovery for nearly every corner of North Texas’ highly diversified economy.
  — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 27 June 2021
• Reluctantly pressed into service again, a former military sniper plots revenge against his powerful foes after being betrayed and wounded.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• Conservative orthodoxy was unceremoniously discarded to accommodate whatever Trump impulsively and self-interestedly needed in the moment -- adoration, self-preservation, even revenge.
  — CNN, 21 Aug. 2020
• Driven to revenge, Ji-woo joins the gang of a crime boss who knew her father.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• To save his own skin and revenge himself on Logan, Kendall has turned whistleblower.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• Years later that boy has grown up to be Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), who had dedicated his life to revenge.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021
• But Morgan will be part of a core group of American veterans eager to revenge the team’s early crash out of the 2016 Olympics.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 23 June 2021
• Hong Kongers also marked the student’s death with vigils over the weekend, and are calling upon one another to revenge his death.
  — Tripti Lahiri, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2019
• When Moody is brutally killed, Anna plots revenge against his murderer (Keaton) in a weaving cat-and-mouse game.
  — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2021
• For others, however, the fighting means something besides grief and anger, or even revenge.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• White people are lucky Black people only want equality, and not revenge.
  — Chelsea Sanders, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021

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revenge

2 of 2 noun

• She swore that she would have her revenge.
• The team is seeking revenge for the loss earlier in the season.
• The bombing was in revenge for the assassination of their leader.
• She wants revenge against her enemies.
• The Owls don’t have to wait long to go after some revenge.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
• With revenge on their minds, Davis and crew set out in search of Knight and Shakur.
  — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Hey, maybe a little bit of revenge isn’t such a bad thing.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• Filled with rage, Liv sets out on a frenzied path of revenge.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
• This wasn’t like any sort of revenge game or anything like that.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• But almost all of us share a sense of horror and a deep need for revenge.
  — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
• The revenge thriller begins on the open roads somewhere in the American West.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
• Trey, meanwhile, sees a chance for revenge against the men who buried her beloved brother in a peat bog.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
• Both sides have done horrible things in the name of self-defense and revenge.
  — Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Minnesota is on a bit of a revenge tour from a season ago.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024
• Our Killer wants revenge and aims to snuff out anyone who crossed him and his partner.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• The film follows two teens who team up to get revenge on both of their tormentors.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 16 June 2023
• But that revenge doesn’t come until that final moment in the prison.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
• Fox has since come to believe that karma can be the coldest revenge.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• After all those beatdowns over the years, the Bills are going to exact some revenge.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• At the heart of their grievances is greed — Bo’s for money, Frank’s for forgiveness and Toni’s for revenge.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• His hunt for revenge, however, brings with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• That person might decide to show up at this point and take the shipment or exact revenge.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• Moeller was back one year later and got revenge with a 6-0 win over St. Ignatius in the DI state semifinals.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 10 June 2023
• The musical is about revenge, while the penny dreadful is about greed.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 7 July 2023
• Two years later, Bryant got his revenge, beating the Celtics in seven games to win his fifth and final ring.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
• The brink of war As word of the sinking reached the White House, influential voices were calling for revenge.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 26 May 2023
• The win catapulted the Pioneers (30-9-3) to the Frozen Four, and exacted a measure of revenge in the process.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• Intent on revenge, Chenneville sets off on the trail of a man soon revealed to be a serial killer.
  — Alida Becker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• In one clip from the slideshow, Perry makes a shocked expression for the camera before singing along with the 1989 revenge anthem.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Crimson Tide earned their revenge during the 2022 season in Tuscaloosa, holding on late to preserve a narrow win.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024