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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The violence is compounded by a redundant frenzy of crosscutting, double-underlining the difference between Frank, a man of domestic leisure, and Vito, a jealous and vengeful killer.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Then came the big reveal — Maddie isn’t actually dead, her body was merely hijacked by a vengeful spirit named Janet (Jess Gabor)!
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 19 Mar. 2025
He was cast in Merciless, an independent project about a vengeful head of the CIA, directed by Martin Villeneuve and produced by Christopher Tuffin.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
The film presents Costello as a refined, thoughtful gentleman who masked his criminality with charitable causes and a respectable veneer, and Genovese as a vengeful, thuggish type who resorts to brutally violent means to achieve his ends.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Then came the big reveal — Maddie isn’t actually dead, her body was merely hijacked by a vengeful spirit named Janet (Jess Gabor)!
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 19 Mar. 2025
He was cast in Merciless, an independent project about a vengeful head of the CIA, directed by Martin Villeneuve and produced by Christopher Tuffin.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
The film presents Costello as a refined, thoughtful gentleman who masked his criminality with charitable causes and a respectable veneer, and Genovese as a vengeful, thuggish type who resorts to brutally violent means to achieve his ends.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Vengeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vengeful. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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