revenge
verb (used with object)
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
were revenging
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past progressiveof revenge.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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Before long the Allied flyers were revenging their "Fokker fodder" with a synchronized gun of their own.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had been stared at themselves, had come through the ordeal of being the last arrival; now, with thanksgiving, they were revenging themselves upon fresh victims!
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
Try to realize that in the perpetual admission of guilt she probably finds some dreadful unnatural satisfaction—as though she were revenging herself upon someone.
From The Idiot by Eva M. Martin
The governor and his band would perhaps have been astonished to know that, while they were revenging themselves upon the robbers, they were playing into the hands of one of their pursuers.
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Harry Castlemon
One would say that they were revenging themselves.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
