How to Use comeuppance in a Sentence

comeuppance

noun

• One of these days, he'll get his comeuppance for treating people so arrogantly.
• And a guy like that needs to get some comeuppance in a movie.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Still, some in the West did not doubt that a comeuppance was in store.
  — Henry Austin, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• But then came the comeuppance and then came the haircut.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• The bad guys get their comeuppance and good guys get to be heroes.
  — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 26 June 2019
• Tell me about the process of shooting Hope’s big comeuppance.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
• The video, with a team of Black women wielding scalpels, is a gory comeuppance.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• Sometimes comeuppance and justice are one and the same.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• But the fMRI scan, which is just over 30 years old, has already had episodes of comeuppance.
  — Kristen Martin, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• Stung by the rhetorical wars of the Bush years, Democrats are wary of protesting the comeuppance of a man like Suleimani too loudly.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2020
• For the many reporters in the room that had been browbeaten by the CEO or whose questions had been sidestepped over the years, the exchanges were pure comeuppance.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2020
• Except now the carelessness carries the weight of a comeuppance, and the craving for beauty and fame comes at a cost.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• But Gruden is not the only one who should be getting his comeuppance.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
• Set in a shallow pool, the scene of the king’s tragic comeuppance — his gilded footsteps around the pool timed to the tones of a gentle chime — was unbearably sad.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
• Now, some of his fiercest allies in Congress are pushing for Biden’s comeuppance.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 31 July 2023
• After weeks of deeply personal taunts from Dominik, the heat for this feud built to a fever pitch as fans yearned for Dominik to get his comeuppance.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Some are tired of his obfuscation and have daydreamed of his comeuppance for years.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
• As with all Seuss books, this one had a deeper message than a bad turtle getting his comeuppance.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2020
• Yes, those who were predicting Rookie of the Year might be getting their comeuppance.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• So maybe just watch through that season’s villain getting their comeuppance, then shut it down.
  — Alexis Gunderson, Vulture, 1 July 2021
• No one on this show ever gets their comeuppance because of their immense wealth and power.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021
• But when he got picked off first by Blake Treinen with two outs in the seventh, the crowd exploded at Altuve getting a measure of comeuppance.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• When the comeuppance came, the reporters and news trucks and hovering helicopters never seemed to leave.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeuppance — 7:28 a.m.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• In the film, Bradley Cooper’s character gets no comeuppance; the cautionary part of the cautionary tale has been dropped.
  — Richard Cooke, The New Republic, 3 Sep. 2019
• Anybody this aimless and callow is destined for a comeuppance, of course.
  — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• Fred's comeuppance at Serena's hands has felt like a long time coming.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Aug. 2019
• And what was going through Lalo's mind at that moment of fatal comeuppance?
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 July 2022
• Which is not to suggest that no comeuppances are forthcoming.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2019
• Still, even if the surprise value has faded, the outrage surely has not for a sizable part of the country, which sees this as a much-deserved comeuppance.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024