vicarious

Example Sentences

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The reality is that vicarious trauma is real.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

We get a vicarious thrill from watching the narcissist run roughshod over people's feelings or exploit others without shame.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

Luckily, the internet is also glitching, causing a vicarious thrill when Marty quits trying to get service and throws away his phone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

"There is this concept of vicarious trauma where people who are not directly exposed to a trauma but are indirectly exposed to it via looking at images etc, develop PSTD."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs