Come-uppance

"Come-uppance" in a Sentence (4 examples)

A generation-long sequence of mistakes, omissions and delusion was about to receive its come-uppance.

More people would pay, wrote Deputy Minister Pokrovskii, less to satisfy the need for revenue and more as come-uppance for the past shirking that was now unacceptable.

Catwoman had been threatened since 1992, when Michelle Pfeiffer purred her way into our hearts as Batman's feline come-uppance in Batman Returns.

He preserves a deep yearning to see sinners get their come-uppance here on earth.

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