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.
• 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 Cougars are bound to want to avenge their loss from two years ago.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• 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
• His chance to avenge the state title loss was wiped away.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 1 June 2021
• 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
• Looking to avenge its 58-0 loss to St. David last year.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2021
• 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
• The ghost of the man your friend poisoned appears in your dreams and asks you to avenge his death.
  — Jiji Lee, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
• 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
• For now, Suns have chance to avenge going 0-2 against the Nets last season.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Humans would join forces and clobber it just to avenge our species.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• He is driven to avenge the killing by two Dachau guards of his close friend Max Klinghoffer.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
• Her crusade has been to avenge him — so what does that moment mean to her?
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 June 2023
• That was the only time the two teams faced off this season, so the Hoosiers will be looking to avenge a rare loss.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2023
• The Chiefs avenged their only loss that mattered on Sunday.
  — Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
• The matchup would pit the top two MVP candidates in a win-or-go-home scenario while giving the Bills a chance to avenge their worst loss of the 2024 season.
  — Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025