| Among the more baffling parts of this showdown is why Madam Secretary would have invited such a comeuppance in the first place. |
| Before that he'd been an actor, often on radio, playing gangsters who got a violent comeuppance. |
| It's rare that an actor can not only deserve his comeuppance but maintain your sympathy while getting it. |
| These fine visitors, I thought, were in for what I can only describe as a culinary comeuppance. |
| I kept thinking that the last pages must be missing, the ones with the comeuppance, but there's none. |
| Because the stories were true, the comeuppance of criminals rang even truer. |
