Example Sentences

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By sea and air; by earth, by heaven and hell, I will revenge my Belvidera's tears!

From Venice Preserved A Tragedy in Five Acts by Boucicault, Dion

I tell thee, Mark, old Marius is at hand, The very patron of this happy law, Who will revenge thy cunning eloquence.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

In this manner he will revenge himself upon you for your stubbornness, boy, which touched him deeply, and he will not lose his fame for 'mercy.'

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Supposing the nightmare of a Prussian victory, they will revenge themselves on things more remote than the Triple Alliance.

From The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

I feel sure if the widow is flouted by you she will revenge herself by marrying me.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)