gloat

If it outperforms in the year ahead, I’ll gloat.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

There is a temptation to gloat, laugh at and mock them, but that may be a trap which further imperil American democracy.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

A woman who lost her home at the start of the year due to coastal erosion has warned visitors to "stay away and don't gloat".

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Loomer, known for her influence over the president, used the moment to gloat about being correct.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025

Roy was careful not to gloat or joke about it, or to draw any special attention to himself.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Dr. Fauci gloats to himself about his working relationship with Mr. Trump until late in the spring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

“He even gloats, ‘The gods are shining on me today,’ little knowing that he is as out of his depth as River was and is about to meet his demise,” writes Smith in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024

After "Live and Let Die" villain Dr. Kananga balloons and explodes from ingesting a gas pellet, Roger Moore's Bond gloats, "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself."

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021

Nicasia gloats through the lesson, proud of her heritage.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The crowd heckled people going in and took their photos in hopes of "outing" them, but rather than react with shame, the attendees gloated, smiled, and laughed.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023

I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 30, 2022

But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022

But Twitter is blocked in the mainland, and on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, users gloated about finding regional Chinese food in online maps of Taiwan.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

"The description,” gloated Mrs. Bruce, "fits her like a glove.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

And so, when Dubai and other parts of the United Arab Emirates were targeted by some 1,400 Iranian missiles and drones over the past several days, the reaction abroad was often gloating and snark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

The Senegalese foreign ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador in Dakar to protest after he posted a Facebook video about Mr Yusov’s gloating comments.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024

Panic and gloating go viral; reality-based exposition doesn’t.

From Slate ● May 15, 2024

Voices cried “Happy New Year!” and gloating laughter rolled down from the lulls through the darkness like a witch’s glee.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller