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

His soft chuckle came through the darkness like an obscene applause of a successful villainy; it was as if he were gloating over her folly and the rectitude of her mind.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox