| He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue. |
| But the avenger is held to a standard of precision in the retaliation he seeks. |
| I was painted as a crusader, a humanist avenger – I only told the reporters my personal opinion. |
| He became a unifier, champion, and avenger of Hellenism against the barbarians. |
| Carter alternated between roles as pill-flushing avenger and evangelically passionate lover. |
| So much for the fierce mountain clansman, the implacable Albanian avenger he'd imagined and feared. |
