How to Use comeuppance in a Sentence

comeuppance

noun
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  • One of these days, he'll get his comeuppance for treating people so arrogantly.
  • Trump’s critics insist that his comeuppance is on the horizon.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 7 Feb. 2018
  • People like to sit in judgment and watch people get their reward or comeuppance.
    — Maer Roshan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
  • The men who are receiving much-deserved comeuppance right now were not flirting.
    — Mona Charen, National Review, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Nassar got his comeuppance in court on Wednesday, when he was sentenced to 175 years in prison.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • More narrowly, the film is a portrait of a certain kind of male temperament that’s just asking for a comeuppance.
    — Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Kalanick has since embarked on a yearlong starring role as the villain who gets his comeuppance, in a story that's never been told until now.
    — David Rovella, Bloomberg.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • So were a sense of moral gravity, a righteous tone, apocalyptic thoughts, and a delight in the rich and powerful receiving their just comeuppance.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
  • For them, the case could represent a rare moment of catharsis: comeuppance for a man who, in their minds, poisoned the institution of the presidency.
    — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • One glimmer of comeuppance has come with the news that, like Toback’s, O’Reilly’s television and literary agents have dropped him.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 25 Oct. 2017
  • For those reasons, many Republicans will privately be pleased to see Bannon and even Trump get their comeuppance.
    — Author: Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Matt Lauer, and many of the other harassers have finally been dealt a comeuppance.
    — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 11 Dec. 2017
  • And President Donald Trump stands to benefit most from his former chief strategist's comeuppance.
    — NBC News, 5 Jan. 2018
  • One of the most striking features of the recent court proceedings was the sight of so many survivors directly witnessing — and helping seal — the perpetrator’s comeuppance.
    — Benedict Carey, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
  • And a guy like that needs to get some comeuppance in a movie.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Still, some in the West did not doubt that a comeuppance was in store.
    — Henry Austin, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But then came the comeuppance and then came the haircut.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The bad guys get their comeuppance and good guys get to be heroes.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 26 June 2019
  • Tell me about the process of shooting Hope’s big comeuppance.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The video, with a team of Black women wielding scalpels, is a gory comeuppance.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • Sometimes comeuppance and justice are one and the same.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020
  • But the fMRI scan, which is just over 30 years old, has already had episodes of comeuppance.
    — Kristen Martin, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Stung by the rhetorical wars of the Bush years, Democrats are wary of protesting the comeuppance of a man like Suleimani too loudly.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2020
  • For the many reporters in the room that had been browbeaten by the CEO or whose questions had been sidestepped over the years, the exchanges were pure comeuppance.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Except now the carelessness carries the weight of a comeuppance, and the craving for beauty and fame comes at a cost.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
  • But Gruden is not the only one who should be getting his comeuppance.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Set in a shallow pool, the scene of the king’s tragic comeuppance — his gilded footsteps around the pool timed to the tones of a gentle chime — was unbearably sad.
    — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Now, some of his fiercest allies in Congress are pushing for Biden’s comeuppance.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 31 July 2023
  • There were skiers that day who saw Maier’s epic crash as comeuppance for his season-long daredevil lines.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • After weeks of deeply personal taunts from Dominik, the heat for this feud built to a fever pitch as fans yearned for Dominik to get his comeuppance.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023

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