- present participle of gloat.
gloating
Example Sentences
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I won’t join in the gloating of some critics at the hundreds who have lost their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Three is either a charm or a curse – depending on your point of view – and there are plenty of people gloating or kvetching today.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2024
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
Panic and gloating go viral; reality-based exposition doesn’t.
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
If someone had asked her, a month or even a week before, to guess what she might have felt, she might have anticipated a sliver of gloating, or at least a moment of holier-than-thou.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
