Verb (used with object), : to avenge a grave insult. ,He avenged his brother. From Dictionary.com.
I would rather be left with the unavenged suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
But hence! — think not my wrongs shall be unavenged. —. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
Now he has, and I cannot let his challenge go unavenged. '. From Wordnik.com. [The White Ninja]
'Death it will be,' she cries, 'and unavenged; but death be it. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Kriemhild, that she would not leave unavenged her dole of heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
"I want you to know that what happened to Steve did not go unavenged,". From Wordnik.com. [Bennefeld, Steven H.] Reference
He must not harm his mother, but not doing so leaves his father unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [Modality and Hamlet] Reference
What he wouldn't be able to tolerate was that his death had gone unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Tuesday]
Then Oliver knew he was stricken to death, but he would not fall unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
But the crime of murdering his own mother was not long unavenged by the gods. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Another MK speaker, Zola Mlamli, said Mr Hani's death would not go unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"Had you let your friend go unavenged, I would no longer be interested in you.". From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
I am, by your help, taking a precaution to ensure that I shall not die unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story] Reference
Well, he's going to his funeral unavenged, for we're no nearer knowing who killed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
Its historical perspective loomed dark: women were strangled and spent eternity unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Nocturne]
If wrong had been left unavenged in this life, the Almighty would deal with it in the next. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
And, it blazed upon me, I might have died there by the sheer ebbing of my will — unavenged!. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
Cadfael, I tell you, I feel as you do about this business, such a death must not go unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [One Corpse Too Many]
When the Judge his seat attaineth, and each hidden deed arraigneth, nothing unavenged remaineth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Long since I have heard it said of Kriemhild, that she would not leave unavenged her dole of heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
James Byrd was a -somehow - unavenged "lynching" even though the three killers are all on death row. From Wordnik.com. [Do you worry about what black people will think if Barack Obama loses?] Reference
'And shall my dear love go unavenged, because there is no knight here who shall achieve this sword?'. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
If an insult to you goes unavenged for any length of time, that reflects on the honor of all the Blues. From Wordnik.com. [And Other Tales Of Valdemar]
Braddock's unavenged defeat had reanimated the French with the hope of driving the English from America. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
And to found that edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the architect on those conditions?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » No Establishment Clause Violation in San Francisco’s Condemning the Catholic Church’s Refusal To Help With Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples:] Reference
Why should US Marines die to avenge them, when soldiers who were killed in similiar ways were left unavenged?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-04-01] Reference
But that reason only worked so long as Red Tusk was alive-naturally, that was a score that could not remain unavenged. From Wordnik.com. [Emperor of Ansalon]
Tamatoa hesitated, as if probing his younger brother's mind, and then added petulantly, "And my death would go unavenged.". From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
Men thought that Olaf would be for ever unavenged, because Howard was too feeble, and his adversary too mighty and too unjust. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
How sad is Cuchulain's plaint that his son Connla must go down to the grave unavenged, since his own father slew him, all unwitting!. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Dawes 'unameliorated servitude and unavenged fate were intended to symbolise glaring anomalies of justice which never were remedied. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
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