Example Sentences

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I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022

But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

But Twitter is blocked in the mainland, and on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, users gloated about finding regional Chinese food in online maps of Taiwan.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

Barr is a smart guy, but I watched him laughing and applauding along with everyone else in that room while Trump gloated his way through that self-indulgent monologue.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2022

“Isn't it fortuitous,” Lady Isobel gloated one night at supper, “that the prince has returned just in time to meet my most beautiful daughter?”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo