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Recent Examples of vengefulness
In her boredom — or maybe loose sense of vengefulness — Julie turns her attention to Paul’s best friend, Carey (Kyle Marvin), who has recently split from his wife.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
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More than avoiding malice, we are called to take responsibility for the impact of our words.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Shari escapes, but not without realizing that her mother’s malevolence has permanently marked her sense of self.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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That’s an extremely human sentiment, reflecting anger and malevolence.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Your jealousy and badmouthing will push your daughter away.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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In contrast, traditional methods like verbal reassurance or security primes without touch did not alleviate jealousy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In some ways, stocks are trading at record highs because of the bad juju in America’s economy, not in spite of it.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Recurrent moments of casual spite are scalding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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The diminished virulence that the pathogen evolved in response to more of its hosts dying potentially caused these earlier plague pandemics to fizzle out.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
Noun
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So, for example, the Republicans who have the highest racial resentment against Black Americans are the most likely to be morally disengaged from Democrats.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Try to temper your resentment by remembering that the lingering presence of the sandbox is not about you.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While French retirees are enjoying the fruits of their labor and an envy-inducing pension plan, retirees across the world are working longer to simply make ends meet.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Placing the emphasis on your envy of its speed and grace, rather than just describing the web as being beautiful, is such a Neko Case perspective.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Victims of a snake bite are advised not to try to remove the venom themselves or to tie off the bite area.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wolf spider bites are not poisonous and won't cause sores or body-wide symptoms from its venom.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Vengefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengefulness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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