gloat
verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
was gloating
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past progressiveof gloat.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Like it sounded like she was gloating or something.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2018
The congressional baseball game went ahead as planned at Nationals Park in Washington on Thursday night; the Democrats won 11-2, though nobody was gloating.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2017
He was gloating but insisted the organization had been consistent in trying to cut payroll to avoid the luxury tax in 2014, while hardly becoming cheapskates.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2013
Five minutes later, the map was spread out over the steering wheel, and Chubs was gloating in the backseat.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
And you knew all the time," cried the girl, staring at her father in amazement, "when Orcutt was gloating over you back there, that you, and not he, owned the timber?
From The Challenge of the North by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
