How to Use avenge in a Sentence
avenge
verb
- The brothers vowed to avenge the death of their father.
- They vowed to avenge their father by capturing and punishing his killer.
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What to know: The Chargers get a chance to avenge a Week 2 loss to the Chiefs.
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Jaylon Thompson,
USA TODAY,
20 Nov. 2022
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The Cougars are bound to want to avenge their loss from two years ago.
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Norma Gonzalez,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
31 Aug. 2021
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The Raiders have the chance to avenge their only loss of the season in the title game.
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oregonlive,
19 Nov. 2022
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The Ghosts look to avenge their only loss of the season.
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Matt Doherty,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 May 2022
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This Suns team is supposed to avenge all the heartbreak of the last 55 years.
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Greg Moore,
The Arizona Republic,
17 Apr. 2023
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His chance to avenge the state title loss was wiped away.
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Shawn McFarland,
courant.com,
1 June 2021
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In the film, a man goes on Christmas Eve killing spree to avenge his son’s death.
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James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Oct. 2023
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Patrick Mahomes will be healthy enough and the Chiefs will avenge last year’s loss.
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Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2023
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Looking to avenge its 58-0 loss to St. David last year.
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Richard Obert,
The Arizona Republic,
24 July 2021
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Are the whales attacking the boats to avenge White Gladis?
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Zayna Syed,
Popular Science,
15 June 2023
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The Tigers travel to Starkville looking to avenge that loss.
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al,
31 Aug. 2022
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The ghost of the man your friend poisoned appears in your dreams and asks you to avenge his death.
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Jiji Lee,
The New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2021
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But there is something to avenge in Sunday’s matchup with the Colts.
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Chad Finn,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Nov. 2022
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The Chargers don’t have to wait long for their chance to avenge that defeat.
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Paris Wolfe,
cleveland,
11 Sep. 2022
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Ponder avenged a 62-43 loss to Madison in the third round of the playoffs last year.
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Dallas News,
28 Feb. 2023
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The Wildcats will look to avenge a 34-0 loss to the Buffaloes last year in Boulder.
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oregonlive,
28 Sep. 2022
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For Logan, avenging its loss to the Danville school was the only thing on the team’s mind.
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Nathan Canilao,
The Mercury News,
15 May 2024
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Wei Yingluo enters the palace as a maid to avenge her sister’s death.
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L Tong,
Wired,
15 Jan. 2022
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The Wolfpack will have a chance to avenge their lone ACC loss this season.
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Doug Feinberg,
chicagotribune.com,
22 Mar. 2022
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The Chiefs will look to avenge their loss on Sunday Night Football.
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Jaylon Thompson,
USA TODAY,
2 Oct. 2022
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For now, Suns have chance to avenge going 0-2 against the Nets last season.
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Duane Rankin,
The Arizona Republic,
20 Aug. 2021
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The men in pink are determined to start strong on Saturday and avenge the loss to the Red Bulls.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2024
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Humans would join forces and clobber it just to avenge our species.
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WIRED,
26 Sep. 2023
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He is driven to avenge the killing by two Dachau guards of his close friend Max Klinghoffer.
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David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2022
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Her crusade has been to avenge him — so what does that moment mean to her?
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Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
30 June 2023
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That was the only time the two teams faced off this season, so the Hoosiers will be looking to avenge a rare loss.
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Evan Frank,
The Indianapolis Star,
3 Mar. 2023
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Brown said Williams was friendly with Brandon’s family and had threatened to avenge his murder.
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Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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When the devils discuss how to avenge themselves, their plan—one of them will fly to Earth to corrupt God’s latest creation, man—seems arrived at through open debate.
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Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2024
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