How to Use vendetta in a Sentence

vendetta

noun
Definition of vendettanext
Synonyms for vendettanext
  • He waged a personal vendetta against his rivals in the Senate.
  • And then, of course, there's Inaros' vendetta to contend with.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2020
  • This isn’t a vendetta against cows or people who eat them.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • This vendetta especially applies to the team which swept the Nets out of the playoffs in the first round.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2022
  • And, for reasons that soon become clear, he's got a vendetta.
    — Ew Staff, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2022
  • And now crime and vendetta killings are on the rise in the West Bank, which is awash with guns, many smuggled from Israel and Jordan.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • This is a personal vendetta, at least that’s what this feels like.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • An Armond with a stash and a vendetta is a dangerous thing.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 July 2021
  • Each of the swans carries out their personal vendetta against Capote in their own way.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Trump himself, who isn’t charged, has called the trial a baseless vendetta.
    — Greg Farrell, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Many of the people who worked at Drexel have long felt that the prosecution of Mr Milken was, in essence, a vendetta.
    — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Beckham went into the game with a vendetta against the Cardinals.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Monkey Man is, on the surface, a fairly simple tale of vengeance: Man has vendetta.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
  • And the claims against him were brought by SEALs who resented his leadership and were acting out of a vendetta against him.
    — David French, National Review, 3 July 2019
  • Nature, just like the human working classes, has a righteous vendetta and the numbers to win a war.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Zuritsky dismissed the notion that the writing staff might have some sort of vendetta against Steve.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Huawei has accused FedEx of conducting a vendetta against it.
    — Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 24 June 2019
  • Their missing children are dead, innocent pawns in the Prophet’s vendetta against Kirsten.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Trump endorsed him as part of his growing vendetta against Gov. Brian Kemp, who appointed King to the job.
    — Greg Bluestein, ajc, 27 Mar. 2022
  • So why do two brothers from a neighboring parcel of land seem eager to launch a vendetta against him?
    — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 27 July 2023
  • The mayor has been very vocal about his personal vendetta against the rodents.
    — CNN, 3 Jan. 2023
  • In the lead-up to the case, the state has pointed to Ramos’s vendetta against the newspaper — which began in 2011 after a columnist wrote about his guilty plea in a harassment case.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • The motive for the slaying was a personal vendetta, according to court records.
    — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Does your air conditioner seem to have a personal vendetta against you and your home?
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2020
  • Reba called the arrest an abuse of power and said Kramer believes Porter has a personal vendetta against him.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • As might be imagined, this blatant betrayal of trust sets off a wildfire of vendetta.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Mary continues on with her weird vendetta against Whitney, who was the only one of the Housewives to remain her friend through much of Season 1.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
  • That sounds more like a vendetta than proper enforcement.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The defense has painted the prosecution's star witness as a serial liar with a vendetta against the former president.
    — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 28 May 2024
  • These become personal vendettas designed to bankrupt their victims.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2024

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