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Recent Examples of vengefulness
The thought of this act of petty vengefulness, and others like it, were later on to fill me with remorse.
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
In her boredom — or maybe loose sense of vengefulness — Julie turns her attention to Paul’s best friend, Carey (Kyle Marvin), who has recently split from his wife.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
In her boredom — or maybe loose sense of vengefulness — Julie turns her attention to Paul’s best friend, Carey (Kyle Marvin), who has recently split from his wife.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
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When circumstances create a realistic likelihood of vindictiveness, the burden shifts to the government to justify its conduct.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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Johnson says Comey may be able to argue that he is being prosecuted out of vindictiveness, given the president's remarks.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Sep. 2025
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Shortly after, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the kidnapping, rape and malice murder charges.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Every way something rolled back is reinstated is a sign that nothing, not even malevolence, is forever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The reality is, the Democrats in Washington are refusing to fund the federal government, while blaming Republicans for their own malevolence.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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These roles required an adult grasp of lust and jealousy and nihilism.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But as the pair’s romance blossoms, class disparities threaten to tear them apart, from her classmate Mantas’ (Matas Dirginciu) jealousy to her disciplinarian dad’s (Dainius Gavenonis) disapproval.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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The challenge now is not just falling in love against all odds, but staying together in spite of them.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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In spite of Chicago's defensive shortcomings, the team is 5-3 and is right in the thick of playoff contention in the NFC.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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One Pasteurella-like microbe carried genetic hints of virulence and has ties to deadly outbreaks in modern African elephants.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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As Charlotte explains, barely suppressing her resentment, Leroy is concerned that her commitment to the cause could stall his ascent at work.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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And interestingly, there’s no resentment between the obsessive and the expressive explorers, Brown said.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Regret and envy, the film posits, can easily inspire vengeance, and these creative kills are proof.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Still, the novel continues to seem like an homage to the Neapolitan novels, and not only because Lane and Gala repeatedly express envy of each other’s writing by using the word brilliant.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Vengefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengefulness. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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