Sentence examples for revenged from inspiring English sources

Apollo revenged himself by ordaining that her prophecies should never be believed.

After sustaining a defeat at the hands of the Turks in Iraq, Nadr revenged himself by driving them completely out of Iran.

For this, Afghānī revenged himself by instigating the shah's murder in 1896.

In 1806 Napoleon revenged himself by sending an invasion force under his brother Joseph, who was proclaimed king of Naples on March 30 , 1806

The play gives Malvolio a voice; but the knowledge he would "be revenged" by silencing the voices of others keeps our attitude towards him ambivalent, and means the story never slips over into saccharine character rescue.

He revenged himself on her long-held strength by refusing to enter her madness.

He dismissed suggestions that the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald would take revenge on the UK for the detention of his partner, David Miranda, by exposing more secrets about British spies.

He added that the programmes featured actors talking about the "adrenaline rush" experienced during the riots, taking revenge against police and bricks being thrown at cars – all issues raised during the trial.

SH And you don't really achieve revenge, do you?

Ahmed firmly denies seeking any sort of violent revenge for his cousin's death, but frequently accuses GMP of "murder".

"Justice must not turn into revenge," said Amnesty's Philip Luther.