revenge
verb (used with object)
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
is revenging
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present progressiveof revenge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It is revenging herself on herself, and not without considerable charge and trouble.
From Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe by Daniel Defoe
She is revenging herself, as only the dead in their utter unresentfulness can revenge themselves, for every hard and scoffing thought I had of her in life.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
He added, with a smile, 'She is revenging herself for her years of retirement.'
From Thyrza by George Gissing
I am somewhat weary and absent-minded, my head is revenging itself because I have racked my brains too often, and the injuries it received cannot be quickly healed.
From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse
Her father has been making a jest to her of the way you worded your vow, laughing mightily after his manner, and she is revenging herself on you.
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
