Example Sentences

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Our brigade was drawing away into the north and the enemy were pressing revengefully after them.

From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington

The young man stood eyeing its progress revengefully.

From Jerry by Webster, Jean

But after a time Blind Charlie’s face grew malignantly, revengefully jocose.

From Counsel for the Defense by Chapman, Charles M.

The louder grew the lamentations next door, the louder she sang her revengefully exultant psalms.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

And cruelty gleamed in her fixed face; her emerald eyes started so revengefully from their sockets as though blinded by their own splendour, and she pulled at the numerous reins....

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis