gloat
verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
were 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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He was seen spraying water on fans who were gloating about the team’s win.
From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2022
Beyond the delight of a well-reasoned crackpot theory, I don’t think people were gloating about her demise, but attempting to make sense of her jarring career: surely these artists weren’t the same person?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2019
“They were gloating in front of us,” Wambach told Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl, noting that she would always remember it.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2015
Madame Bee was still cackling and spinning around in circles, or whatever it was asuras did whenever they were gloating.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
It seemed to me I heard what they were all saying in the village—how they were gloating over it—after all these years.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
