vicarious

Example Sentences

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We don’t just go to movies for vicarious adventures.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Johnson, squeezed into a wig so tight we get a vicarious headache, has pumped up his deltoids to nearly reach his prosthetic cauliflower ears.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

The reality is that vicarious trauma is real.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

Harrods has accepted vicarious liability for some of the claims, a legal term meaning it accepts ultimate responsibility for Al Fayed's alleged actions.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady