Sentences with phrase «act of revenge»

To be sure, it may readily be misunderstood as analogous to a private act of revenge, but so may other modes of punishment that fall short of the death penalty.

Anne Newton Walther coined the phrase «divorce hangover» to describe the syndrome of anger and resentment that frequently motivates women toward acts of revenge against their spouses.

Graziano's latest campaign gimmick places his own personal bitterness over the best choice for the constituents he wished to serve with nothing more than a disgraceful and petty act of revenge.

Not surprisingly, then, Americans tend to support speedy acts of revenge intended to punish the actual, or alleged, perpetrators.

And that was revenge for some perceived slight,» he said, also labeling sudden moves to demand more MTA funding and yanking money for NYCHA roof repairs acts of revenge.

Evening the score may feel cathartic in the moment, but according to Perel, behavioral scientists have found that acts of revenge typically don't have a great outcome.

He performs perhaps the single greatest act of revenge in fiction and rides away into the sunset with his new love Haydee.

It has been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night — the 12 hours of lawlessness.

Besides the «sick mum» card that's played early on, it's hard to know what drives her, and her characters motives are clouded by an early act of revenge she commits.

Chaos and paranoia ensue as bitter clients start killing off their lawyers in vicious acts of revenge.

In THE KNOWLEDGE, London's cabbies and cops come together on a case that involves Kenyan art, rare gems, astrophysics, and a long - fermented act of revenge.

So limited is Worthington's grasp of the real world, she could only see the redundancies of hundreds of individuals as a simple act of revenge, rather than the inevitable consequence of a large firm seeking to protect its bottom line in the wake of policies — carbon budgets — she herself had crafted.

Hackers sometimes dox each other as an act of revenge for some perceived slight.

By that definition, the Golden Rule can apply to any act of revenge, and therefore I don't think it was intended that way.

However, after his youthful ambition leads to a tragic marriage, his acts of revenge put him into direct conflict with the Philistine army.

David was about to kill Nabal as an act of revenge but in the last moment he was prevented from that by the faithful Abigail, and Abigail told him that he should commend his case to the LORD, and he did it.

But in the moment of remembrance, when the act of revenge comes back to him, he loathes himself, for he sees that precisely in that moment of revenge he lost himself.

The wording of their petition is similar to that of the original and it's seen as an act of revenge against the Christians who had successfully campaigned.

It appeared to be an act of revenge following a clash between the pair in the Southampton box in the opening minutes that left Hoedt holding his face.

Towns Band Together to Bill the County In an act of revenge against the county for passing on new costs to towns, Rockland's five towns are going to now send the county all bills for maintenance and utilities on county roads.

However he said he did not think Mr Blair sacked him as an act of revenge.

To qualify as true pyromania, the fire must not be done for personal gain, monetary or otherwise, or as an act of revenge or psychotic episode.

Whatever one might say in tough - talking Facebook posts, most ordinary people, given the opportunity, might indeed blanch at the notion of taking someone else's life as an act of revenge, no matter how justified such actions might be.

(In another act of revenge, she also stole The Baker's infant sister, Rapunzel.)

Characters throw eggs at a car in an act of revenge.

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After his youthful ambition leads to a tragic marriage, his acts of revenge thrust him into direct conflict with the Philistine army.

As an act of revenge for his betrayal, she decides to put a curse on his newborn daughter, Aurora, who on her sixteenth birthday will fall into a deep sleep after being pricked by a spinning wheel.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Aaron Sorkin's biographical drama «Molly's Game,» which I wrote about in my previous entry, is the notion that Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a Colorado - born cocktail waitress who found herself running a high - stakes New York gambling operation, has conceived her entire scheme as an act of revenge against her intensely tough and critical father (Kevin Costner).

Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick - Ass knows.

Among their company is Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson), a good priest, who has been targeted to be murdered by one of his parishioners as an act of revenge against the Church for the sexual abuse the parishioner suffered as a child.

Who: Aaron - Taylor Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz - Plasse and Jim Carrey What: Kick - Ass joins a group of citizens who fight crime in costume, while the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick - Ass knows.

In an act of revenge after being dumped by his girlfriend, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) hacks into all the local college computers and writes a scathing blog about her and exposes her to everyone.

In most revenge movies, the protagonists make it look like peach cobler on a sunny day but in Blue Ruin, the act of revenge actually feels like a chore, with the protagonist bumbling through the act even though his motivation is as pure as the best Columbian marching powder you can find.

An act of revenge leaves her exposed and in the debt of her Uncle Vanya (a nod to Chekov?)

For you, a philosopher and ethicist, an act of revenge is bad, disgraceful, unethical and illegal.

Second, even Marc's crime against Ralph was an act of revenge for the brutal attack on Julia.

And while much of this might seem like nothing more than petty playground behavior between children who honestly do not have a clear good guy or bad guy, keep in mind that several ebook retailers incorporate the Goodreads» API into their sales pages, effectively posting book reviews that many in the Goodreads community knew to be false, and nothing more than an act of revenge against an author; real - world sales decisions have been made by consumers based on these reviews.

While we don't know why, or whether this was an act of revenge, an act of desperation, or an act of boredom, we can pretty well piece together what happened.

Skull Face wants to wipe out the English language as an act of revenge because imperialism took his home, language, and culture.

«With everything we know about what happened, it seems like it was an act of revenge,» Chacón said.

While we don't know why, or whether this was an act of revenge, an act of desperation, or an act of boredom, we can pretty well piece together what happened.

Stamper took up house flipping «almost as an act of revenge.»

Publicist Jonathan Hay told Radar Chrystal asked him to leak naked pictures of Shanelle onto the internet as an act of revenge.