gloat

Example Sentences

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Maybe there was an urge to gloat after the 31-20 triumph, but he resisted.

From BBC

I won’t join in the gloating of some critics at the hundreds who have lost their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bringing it home is Sudeikis’ manner as he shares Ted’s folksy anecdote: it contains not a whit of vanity or gloating at his adversary’s downfall.

From Salon

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

The kind of gloating you do when you win and you’re glad, but you’re trying not to be too much of a jerk about it.

From Literature