How to Use avenge in a Sentence

avenge

verb
Definition of avengenext
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  • The brothers vowed to avenge the death of their father.
  • They vowed to avenge their father by capturing and punishing his killer.
  • If your favorite taco shop didn't make the list of finalists last year, consider this your chance to avenge them.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Manual High School football will look to avenge a blowout loss to St. Xavier.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Tehran vowed to avenge Haniyeh’s death but did not carry out a major response in the immediate aftermath of it.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The Blazers have recuperated through the bye week and are looking to avenge last year’s loss in double overtime.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Will Sacred Heart put its stamp on the season series, or will the Rockets avenge their early season loss?
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2021
  • That boy, of course, is Love, whose destiny, following the classic Western trope, is to avenge his family.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2021
  • At first, Camille is eager to avenge her daughter, doing little tasks meant to shield the women’s identities but will result in violence.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Phoenix went to Sacramento looking to avenge a home loss last month to the Kings on a Harrison Barnes 3 at the buzzer.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Republicans, by contrast, are highly motivated to avenge their recent losses.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Bulldogs fans will get their wish next Friday as Olmsted Falls seeks to avenge a regular-season loss to its conference rival.
    — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Indianapolis is coming off a tough overtime loss and will be hungry to avenge that 34-31 defeat to the Tennessee Titans.
    — Alex Kay, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • What to know: The Chargers get a chance to avenge a Week 2 loss to the Chiefs.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The Raiders have the chance to avenge their only loss of the season in the title game.
    — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The Ghosts look to avenge their only loss of the season.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • This Suns team is supposed to avenge all the heartbreak of the last 55 years.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
  • In the film, a man goes on Christmas Eve killing spree to avenge his son’s death.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Patrick Mahomes will be healthy enough and the Chiefs will avenge last year’s loss.
    — Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Are the whales attacking the boats to avenge White Gladis?
    — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023
  • The Tigers travel to Starkville looking to avenge that loss.
    — al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But there is something to avenge in Sunday’s matchup with the Colts.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Chargers don’t have to wait long for their chance to avenge that defeat.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Ponder avenged a 62-43 loss to Madison in the third round of the playoffs last year.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The Wildcats will look to avenge a 34-0 loss to the Buffaloes last year in Boulder.
    — oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2022
  • For Logan, avenging its loss to the Danville school was the only thing on the team’s mind.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • Wei Yingluo enters the palace as a maid to avenge her sister’s death.
    — L Tong, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022
  • The Wolfpack will have a chance to avenge their lone ACC loss this season.
    — Doug Feinberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The Chiefs will look to avenge their loss on Sunday Night Football.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The men in pink are determined to start strong on Saturday and avenge the loss to the Red Bulls.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024

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