vicarious
Example Sentences
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Her use of “dialectics” gave me a vicarious headache.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
And others prefer to spend their vicarious leisure time amid freezing winds, frigid water, 40-foot waves and ice floes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
A jury eventually found Cox liable under two theories, vicarious and contributory liability.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025
Television is a vehicle built for vicarious experiences, a medium fueled by feeling and thus prone to engaging in manipulation.
From Salon • May 26, 2025
It was probably just peaceful despair and relief at final and complete abnegation, now that Judith was about to immolate the frustration’s vicarious recompense into the living fairy tale.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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