How to Use vengeance in a Sentence

vengeance

noun
Definition of vengeancenext
Synonyms for vengeancenext
  • The fire was set as an act of vengeance.
  • Angry protesters wanted to inflict vengeance on the killer.
  • Iraq … Afghanistan … the whole thing was about vengeance.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 May 2017
  • Now, thanks in large part to Chloé, the look is back with a vengeance.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Cold weather will come back with a vengeance by the end of the week.
    — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The miniskirts that reigned in the early aughts and came back with a vengeance in 2022?
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Kelp forests along the North Bay have come back with a vengeance.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2021
  • But the grass-roots vengeance was short-lived, and met with more killings.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This year, the flu showed up early and with a vengeance.
    — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 4 Jan. 2018
  • So Madeleine, in her way, has emerged from a chain of vengeance.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2021
  • How did these fires form and spread with such a vengeance?
    — Eleanor Cummins, Slate Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017
  • And in her quest for vengeance, Tracey had come to feel even more alone.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 May 2024
  • They weren’t conjured out of nowhere in a fit of pique or vengeance.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Sep. 2020
  • And because of that, the going-out top is back — with a vengeance.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 9 July 2021
  • If that’s you, get out there and start making sales with a vengeance.
    — Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • There were vengeance killings as the Taliban made their way across the country.
    — NBC News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Like it or not, 2000s fashion is back with a vengeance.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Still, could Adam be out for vengeance against those who harmed a sibling of his in the woods?
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Then the other factor at play kicked in with a vengeance.
    — Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Bad habits have caught up with a vengeance, though his mind and sleuthing skills are still sharp.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Fowles also notes that Spirographs are back with a vengeance.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2017
  • And at worst, as dark vengeance against the very idea of being slighted.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2016
  • Sylvie has been allowed one purpose in all of this, and that is the quest for vengeance.
    — Nola Pfau, Vulture, 14 July 2021
  • Swift vengeance is the order of the day, consequences be damned.
    — Eric Alterman, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And one that won't be filled with vengeance, at least on Kershaw's part.
    — Paul Skrbina, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The race to build cutting-edge fighter jets is back with a vengeance.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Daniel Roth Daniel Roth is back with a vengeance—and a new timepiece.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But sellers have returned with a vengeance in the past few days.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
  • For Kovalchuk, the lesson of the film was that vengeance was an empty game.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
  • For the Ukrainians in Kursk, vengeance is a powerful motivator.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

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