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.
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What to know: The Chargers get a chance to avenge a Week 2 loss to the Chiefs.
—Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
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The Cougars are bound to want to avenge their loss from two years ago.
—Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
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The Irish look to avenge last year’s 39-34 loss to Elder.
—Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2019
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The Raiders have the chance to avenge their only loss of the season in the title game.
—oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
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The Ghosts look to avenge their only loss of the season.
—Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
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This Suns team is supposed to avenge all the heartbreak of the last 55 years.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
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The Wildcats were able to avenge the loss to Indiana in the Sweet 16.
—Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2019
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His chance to avenge the state title loss was wiped away.
—Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 1 June 2021
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The Dash knows that the Pride will be hungry to avenge its loss from last time.
—Parth Upadhyaya, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
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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
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Patrick Mahomes will be healthy enough and the Chiefs will avenge last year’s loss.
—Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2023
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Looking to avenge its 58-0 loss to St. David last year.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2021
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Are the whales attacking the boats to avenge White Gladis?
—Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023
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The Tigers travel to Starkville looking to avenge that loss.
—al, 31 Aug. 2022
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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
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But there is something to avenge in Sunday’s matchup with the Colts.
—Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
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The Chargers don’t have to wait long for their chance to avenge that defeat.
—Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2022
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Ponder avenged a 62-43 loss to Madison in the third round of the playoffs last year.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
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The Wildcats will look to avenge a 34-0 loss to the Buffaloes last year in Boulder.
—oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2022
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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
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Wei Yingluo enters the palace as a maid to avenge her sister’s death.
—L Tong, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022
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The Wolfpack will have a chance to avenge their lone ACC loss this season.
—Doug Feinberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2022
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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
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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
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The Chiefs will look to avenge their loss on Sunday Night Football.
—Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
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Overcome with rage, Booth chooses to avenge his art over the South.
—Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2019
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Forty-two years after that, Titus captured and destroyed the city of Jerusalem; that act avenged the murder of Christ.
—Mary Jo Bang july 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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That came after Israel launched deadly airstrikes against Iran, which the latter swore to avenge.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 June 2025
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