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.
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Reacting to the news of another vengeful massacre in Southport, North Carolina, Karla receives a menacing knock at the door.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 July 2025
Twenty-eight years after the 1997 slasher, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. return as Julie James and Ray Bronson, the two survivors of the vengeful fisherman killer.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 July 2025
Today's chaotic, vengeful political environment makes the odd-couple friendship of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg seem quaint.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
After facing every hurdle imaginable — including a vengeful ex, a paternity mystery and a devastating miscarriage — Mel and Jack finally got engaged at the end of Season 4, and their wedding followed in Season 6.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 10 July 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 July 2025
Twenty-eight years after the 1997 slasher, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. return as Julie James and Ray Bronson, the two survivors of the vengeful fisherman killer.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 July 2025
Today's chaotic, vengeful political environment makes the odd-couple friendship of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg seem quaint.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
After facing every hurdle imaginable — including a vengeful ex, a paternity mystery and a devastating miscarriage — Mel and Jack finally got engaged at the end of Season 4, and their wedding followed in Season 6.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for vengeful
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“Vengeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vengeful. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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