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.
• Nine months later, there was more to avenge in Foster’s first rivalry game than his spurning by a local school.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
• Softball hoped to avenge its loss to Japan in the Olympic gold-medal game from 13 years ago but had to settle for silver.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2021
• Xerxes wanted to conquer Greece to avenge the Persian army’s defeat at Marathon.
  — Evan Allgood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
• Durant didn't rule out joining the Americans again in 2024 in Paris, when the French would surely love to avenge this loss on home soil.
  — Brian Mahoney, ajc, 7 Aug. 2021
• The militants said the attack was to avenge Taliban fighters killed during government offensives in rural provinces.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2021
• So, while the Quinn of the past is still good, the Quinn of the future transforms into the time-traveling Sweetly Slasher, avenging those who laughed at him.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The entire franchise— which began with the tale of Reeves as a retired hitman who avenges the brutal murder of his dog—includes the three sequels to the original and has brought in over $1 billion worldwide.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024