How to Use revenge in a Sentence

revenge

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.
  • This is not some act of revenge.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This is where the idea of revenge rears its head.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But Safin is not just out for revenge.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This time, the Valkyries got their revenge.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • They are all caught in a web of deceit and revenge.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The best revenge is success and good work.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Does love or revenge drive the story?
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
  • That is, if Corvette doesn’t come back for revenge by then.
    — New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This wasn’t like any sort of revenge game or anything like that.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • Seems like the black gown wasn't her only revenge dress.
    — Natalie Arroyo Camacho, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
  • For actors and singer, revenge is the thing that drives them for the most part.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Duncanville still got its revenge and earned a share of first place in the process.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Just don’t expect a revenge tour.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Part road-trip movie, part action-revenge flick, all very stylish and weird.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • But Saints got his revenge shot later in the match.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Gamecocks will have to wait for revenge.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Gamecocks will have to wait for revenge.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Filled with rage, Liv sets out on a frenzied path of revenge.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Ruthye is too soberly hellbent on revenge to be much fun.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • Ray tells a graphic story about his revenge on a priest who abused him.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But almost all of us share a sense of horror and a deep need for revenge.
    — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The same cannot be said for his characters, some of whom seek revenge.
    — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But insult records and revenge songs go back to well before hip-hop.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • What can break this cycle of revenge as justice?
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
  • His pain turns to hatred, and with that, an intense urge for revenge.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • Now, over a decade later, Dante's out for revenge.
    — EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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