Example Sentences
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She exploits every scrap of ironic humor, as Richard gloatingly checkmates all who stand in her way.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2018
The biggest “cultural revolt” of the president’s tenure is what one British newspaper gloatingly called the latest French contretemps.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2011
Day after his retirement from office, Maryland's fat former Governor, Republican Harry Whinna Nice, gloatingly sent to his successor, Democrat Herbert O'Conor, a package of headache powders.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"We Catholics cannot afford to sit coolly or gloatingly by." declared the Catholic organ Germania.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Therefore, enviously, gloatingly, he exacts vengeance upon us for the unalterable deficiencies in his own life.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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