How to Use avenge in a Sentence

avenge

verb
Definition of avengenext
Synonyms for avengenext
  • 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 Raiders have the chance to avenge their only loss of the season in the title game.
    — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 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
  • Ponder avenged a 62-43 loss to Madison in the third round of the playoffs last year.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Humans would join forces and clobber it just to avenge our species.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, the Dolphins’ offense should be in tune to avenge last year’s loss.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Can Dallas avenge last year’s postseason loss to the 49ers?
    — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The win avenged a 26-24 loss to the Hawks in the regular season, the Wildcats’ only defeat this spring.
    — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • But Juicy’s not sure about avenging the death of someone who wasn’t very good to him in life, either.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Lewisville will be trying to avenge a 31-17 loss to Highland Park last season.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The loss means the Bulls (18-5) will not get a chance to avenge last year’s one-point double-overtime loss to Fallston in last year’s final.
    — Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Highlands defeated the Colonels late last season, a loss the Colonels would like to avenge in this new season.
    — Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Draven, who is also slain, returns from the dead to avenge her, wreaking havoc among their killers.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Arizona routed Northern Arizona 38-3 and looks to avenge last years loss to the Bulldogs.
    — Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Louisville came into Death Valley hoping for the upset to avenge last year’s close loss, but couldn't pull it off.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Kathleen, the rebel leader in Kansas City, was willing to risk the entire city to avenge her brother.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Michigan cleared their final hurdles, and now Ohio State will try to avenge last season's loss to the Wolverines — its first in the series in a decade.
    — Noah Trister, ajc, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Xavi was clearly happy with his troops for avenging back-to-back failures to reach the last 16, and lavished praise on them for the getting the job done post-match.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The Alaska team scored a pair of wins in the tournament and had hoped to avenge an earlier loss to the Washington team in the championship.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, though, gangs were reportedly sending out teams to avenge their dead comrades.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • West was able to avenge its only in-state loss of the season and claim back-to-back conference championships by edging out the Lynx 46-42.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The lone blemish on an otherwise perfect season sent the Knights on a mission to avenge that defeat in 2023.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2023
  • His criminality has a purpose: to avenge the murder of his father and the crime he was framed for.
    — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 30 Aug. 2023

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