How to Use avenge in a Sentence

avenge

verb

• The brothers vowed to avenge the death of their father.
• They vowed to avenge their father by capturing and punishing his killer.
• What to know: The Chargers get a chance to avenge a Week 2 loss to the Chiefs.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
• The Cougars are bound to want to avenge their loss from two years ago.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• The Irish look to avenge last year’s 39-34 loss to Elder.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2019
• The Raiders have the chance to avenge their only loss of the season in the title game.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• The Ghosts look to avenge their only loss of the season.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
• This Suns team is supposed to avenge all the heartbreak of the last 55 years.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• The Wildcats were able to avenge the loss to Indiana in the Sweet 16.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2019
• His chance to avenge the state title loss was wiped away.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 1 June 2021
• The Dash knows that the Pride will be hungry to avenge its loss from last time.
  — Parth Upadhyaya, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
• In the film, a man goes on Christmas Eve killing spree to avenge his son’s death.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
• Patrick Mahomes will be healthy enough and the Chiefs will avenge last year’s loss.
  — Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2023
• Looking to avenge its 58-0 loss to St. David last year.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2021
• Are the whales attacking the boats to avenge White Gladis?
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023
• The Tigers travel to Starkville looking to avenge that loss.
  — al, 31 Aug. 2022
• The ghost of the man your friend poisoned appears in your dreams and asks you to avenge his death.
  — Jiji Lee, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
• But there is something to avenge in Sunday’s matchup with the Colts.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• The Chargers don’t have to wait long for their chance to avenge that defeat.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2022
• Ponder avenged a 62-43 loss to Madison in the third round of the playoffs last year.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
• The Wildcats will look to avenge a 34-0 loss to the Buffaloes last year in Boulder.
  — oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2022
• For Logan, avenging its loss to the Danville school was the only thing on the team’s mind.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• Wei Yingluo enters the palace as a maid to avenge her sister’s death.
  — L Tong, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022
• The Wolfpack will have a chance to avenge their lone ACC loss this season.
  — Doug Feinberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• Maryland should be able to avenge that loss this week, but this is still a sneaky matchup.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• The other team avenged a tough loss, beating a team that can be counted among the best in the world.
  — Shane Lantz, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2018
• The Chiefs will look to avenge their loss on Sunday Night Football.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
• Overcome with rage, Booth chooses to avenge his art over the South.
  — Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2019
• That came after Israel launched deadly airstrikes against Iran, which the latter swore to avenge.
  — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 June 2025
• Her win over Tauson avenged a second-round loss at Wimbledon merely a few weeks ago.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2025