Example Sentences

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"It's better than gold," he had gloated in a scene taped by Government agents that was replayed repeatedly in court and on nationwide television.

From Time Magazine Archive

Phil Murray had gloated: "Reuther has been contained."

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s the highest kind of justice of all,’’Clevinger had gloated, clapping his hands with a merry laugh.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Isabel intended in time to give the house a new fa�ade, and had gloated over such of the Burnham plans as had been reproduced by the city press.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

And Sanin listened ecstatically, enjoying the very sound of her voice, as the day before he had gloated over her handwriting.

From The Torrents of Spring by Garnett, Constance