avenging

[US]/ə'vendʒiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. seeking revenge
v. to seek revenge for

Example Sentences

avenging a loved one's death

Real-world Examples

I vow to avenge my wife's death.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Macduff, of course, wishes to avenge his family's death.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

Their big worry was how to keep Georgian Dream loyalists, perhaps backed by Russia, from avenging defeat with violence.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

So hamlet has to avenge his father by killing his stepfather slash uncle.

Source: American English dialogue

A reluctant Galadriel faces the prospect of relinquishing her quest to avenge her brother's death.

Source: Selected English short passages

In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

And so it's not such a stretch to wonder if Paul avenged his wife's death by killing Martha for blackmailing them.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

His struggles were desperate, but the avenging hands held him as in a vice.

Source: Magician

One day, my lady, I will avenge our king.

Source: Game of Thrones Season 4

I wished to see him again so that I could avenge the deaths of William and Justine.

Source: Frankenstein (Black Cat)

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