gloating

Example Sentences

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"Gloating is taking pleasure in causing another the misfortune of losing or otherwise being bested," Leach explained.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2022

Gloating over the beautiful weather to the poor souls back home stuck in the rain, snow and/or cold is one of the perks of covering spring training.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2021

Gloating about her insight, Berenice executes a shimmying dance in the Addamses’ kitchen.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2019

Gloating in his corporate power over the torpid masses, Stimptner sneers, “Your community is 10 trillion McNuggets into a food coma from which it will never awaken.”

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2012

Gloating is entirely foreign to the nature of Thomas Atkins, and he could not pass a child yelling in the gutter without stooping to comfort it.

From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)