avenge
verb (used with object)
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for.
were avenging
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past progressiveof avenge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"The captured German female cats declared they were avenging their dead husbands," he writes.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2015
The Invincibles and their comrades were avenging the death of Turner Ashby.
From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
When my brother and I in our anger thought we were avenging our mother's death, were we in truth destroying him also--driving him into wickedness beyond hope?
From Lady Merton, Colonist by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
A sort of revenge, as if his vocabulary with its intricate verbal sophistications were avenging itself upon interloping emotions.
From Erik Dorn by Hecht, Ben
They speak of their soldiers as though they were avenging angels—avenging what?
From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell
