vengefulness
noun
Examples of vengeful in a Sentence
The robbery was committed by a vengeful former employee.
The fire was a vengeful act of destruction.
Recent Examples on the Web
If Tony and Carmela were actually placed into witness protection, why would the U.S. Marshals put them a 40-minute drive away from their McMansion in a city where the chance of him being spotted by one of his vengeful former colleagues would be incredibly high?
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
How grotesque to watch long-term U.S. security interests hang on the outcome of a political battle between the Hamlet-like speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and vengeful MAGA conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2024
In the last full chapter, the book details Jews killing 75,000 Persians in what some say is self-defense and others see as vengeful retaliation against an enemy after they were saved.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Returning to her North London home, this revenant is soon embroiled in a high-society plot involving a local landowner (Pip Torrens), his weak-willed son (Jake Dunn) and vengeful daughter (Alice Kremelberg), and a string-pulling Earl (Adrian Lester).
—Mike McCahill, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Scott Foley is recalling how one of his most famous roles was top-secret — even from himself.
Spoiler alert for 2000’s Scream 3: Foley, now 51, played film director Roman Bridger, later revealed to be the story’s vengeful killer Ghostface.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
Some alternative endings in the Chapter 9 Project include Esther calling for a 36-person task force to mend relationships in the kingdom; for Jews to be merciful, rather than vengeful; and for everyone in Persia to surrender their weapons.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The more amusing newcomers include Kumail Nanjiani as Nadeem, who sets the events in motion by unwittingly selling the orb containing the vengeful god; Patton Oswalt as a library researcher who gleefully provides helpful information; and James Acaster as Lars, a droll scientist in Winston’s lab.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
That suits its otherworldly and somewhat formal tone, which takes viewers deep into Japan’s mythical past for a quartet of eerie tales about lonely ghosts and vengeful spirits who bring supernatural justice to selfish and immoral humans.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
How grotesque to watch long-term U.S. security interests hang on the outcome of a political battle between the Hamlet-like speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and vengeful MAGA conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2024
In the last full chapter, the book details Jews killing 75,000 Persians in what some say is self-defense and others see as vengeful retaliation against an enemy after they were saved.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Returning to her North London home, this revenant is soon embroiled in a high-society plot involving a local landowner (Pip Torrens), his weak-willed son (Jake Dunn) and vengeful daughter (Alice Kremelberg), and a string-pulling Earl (Adrian Lester).
—Mike McCahill, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Scott Foley is recalling how one of his most famous roles was top-secret — even from himself.
Spoiler alert for 2000’s Scream 3: Foley, now 51, played film director Roman Bridger, later revealed to be the story’s vengeful killer Ghostface.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
Some alternative endings in the Chapter 9 Project include Esther calling for a 36-person task force to mend relationships in the kingdom; for Jews to be merciful, rather than vengeful; and for everyone in Persia to surrender their weapons.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The more amusing newcomers include Kumail Nanjiani as Nadeem, who sets the events in motion by unwittingly selling the orb containing the vengeful god; Patton Oswalt as a library researcher who gleefully provides helpful information; and James Acaster as Lars, a droll scientist in Winston’s lab.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
That suits its otherworldly and somewhat formal tone, which takes viewers deep into Japan’s mythical past for a quartet of eerie tales about lonely ghosts and vengeful spirits who bring supernatural justice to selfish and immoral humans.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Vengeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vengeful. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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