How to Use vengeful in a Sentence

vengeful

adjective
  • The fire was a vengeful act of destruction.
  • The robbery was committed by a vengeful former employee.
  • Where does this latest send up fit in her vengeful repertoire?
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Under the murky surface, the tale goes, vengeful ghosts await.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Daisy, the vengeful orphan with more swagger than sense.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • Throw in a few racist teachers and one vengeful ghost, and Jake’s got his hands full.
    — Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • So this gave me a chance to address some of those things, just not in a spiteful or vengeful way.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 June 2024
  • All that’s missing is a bloodthirsty, vengeful mob.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The unicorns in this film are a lot more vengeful and organized.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The coach was not just intense but also hot-tempered and vengeful at times.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • This turned out to be only four months before my hot flashes came on like a vengeful ex.
    — Nell Beram, Allure, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Killjoy's vengeful protagonists gave me a lot of new ideas about how to kill men.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 29 May 2023
  • Can the ruler of a thousand deaths defeat the vengeful vixen?
    — Posted Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Some fans predict Jaime will be the one to put an end to his sister's vengeful ways.
    — Elahe Izadi, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Her eyes growing wild with anger and vengeful desire, her body as tight as a tuned piano string.
    — Vulture, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The point is not to punish a handful of powerful men to get some kind of vengeful thrill.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 10 Sep. 2018
  • And like those characters, she’s ripped out of her cocoon by a man with a vengeful agenda.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Sweeney Todd is a vengeful barber who will do anything to quench his thirst for revenge.
    — Josie Boyer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Ware had his most vengeful stretch against the Eagles in 2011.
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Mandy Patinkin, who played the vengeful swordsman in the original film, should be proud.
    — Natasha Reda, Glamour, 27 June 2020
  • Later she is attacked and explodes into a vengeful rage.
    — Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The ones that survive are then traumatized and grow up full of vengeful thoughts, and the cycle goes on and on and on.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Renner has narrow blue-green eyes and a face that can crumple—from playful to weary, vengeful to calm—at will.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
  • That humor can become vengeful if provoked.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Captain Ahab went mad in his vengeful search for Moby Dick.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • Or a surly, vengeful Robin Hood, by Kevin Costner.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • But that manifests with her as a sort of vengeful, insatiable anger and need for revenge.
    — EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Who are the people that are so outraged and so afraid of what’s going on, and either vengeful or mindful?
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The movie quickly becomes a thriller with the entrance of a vengeful, hungry lion.
    — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Williams played Halep on Tuesday with a vengeful clarity not seen in years.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021

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