GLOAT in a Sentence

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For GLOAT, below is one of 13 sentences:
You have told us of their gloating lips; you heard their ribald laugh as they clutched the moving bag that the Count threw to them.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLOAT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gloat
 v.  feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
Classic Sentence:
1  However, there were the Confederate victories in Tennessee scored by General Morgan and General Forrest and the triumph at the Second Battle of Bull Run hung up like visible Yankee scalps to gloat over.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  I didn't come to gloat over your poverty but to wish you long life and happiness in your marriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
3  The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  You have told us of their gloating lips; you heard their ribald laugh as they clutched the moving bag that the Count threw to them.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  With gloating eyes they watched every movement.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  But as he sat gloating over me, I was supported by a scornful detestation of him that sealed my lips.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
7  It was as if all the agreeable sensations possible to creatures of flesh and blood were heaped up on those black-and-white keys, and he were gloating over them and trickling them through his yellow fingers.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
8  He gloated over every abhorrent adjective in the description, and identified himself with every witness at the Inquest.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
9  She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket's jealous dismay.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
10  It was talked about, gloated over, glorified, until the reason of many of the citizens tottered under the strain of the unhealthy excitement.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  I gloated over my resentment watching him and.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
Example Sentence:
1  The only time you can sit back, relax and gloat is when you win it all.
2  Anti-abortionists are gloating over the court's decision.