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Get to know Gloat better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like gloating or vaunt.

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Gloat in a sentence

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Gloat | Gloating | Gloated | Gloats | Gloatingly

Gloat meaning

  1. To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
  2. To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

Synonyms of Gloat

gloating vaunt bluster blow gas brag shoot a line swash tout boast crow triumph satisfaction glee gasconade

Related words

Other words often associated with Gloat or its synonyms:

boasting bragging overstate crowing move overdraw exaggerate atonement change travel sprinkle tipster

Using Gloat

  • The main meaning on this page is: To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune. | To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
  • Useful related words include: gloating, vaunt, bluster, blow.
  • In the example corpus, gloat often appears in combinations such as: to gloat, gloat about, gloat over.

Context around Gloat

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

glodt 1× smugly 1× neither 1×

Often after:

given 1× says 1× nor 1× mobile 1×

Sentence patterns with Gloat

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

above the gloat mobile app 1× analysts neither gloat nor denigrate 1× bayley can gloat about not 1× canceled to gloat and spout 1× democrats to gloat it s 1× evil or gloat over the 1× jason glodt gloat says supporting 1× nation not gloat with an 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ag alliance founding 1× especially when a 1× however phyllis won 1× it is hard 1× love does not 1× not to gloat 1×

Common sentence endings:

a lucky guess 1× an expensive party 1× an important conclusion 1× anti vaccination group 1× back to smackdown 1× call to service 1×

Words around Gloat

Just before it in the word index:

gloaming 4 gloag 5 gloade 3 glo 49 glng 2 gln 2

Just after it in the word index:

gloated 16 gloating 23 gloatingly 2 gloats 4 glob 16 globacom 15

Similar in corpus frequency:

aar 34 abdulla 34 abimbola 34 abp 34 accommodative 34 accoutrements 34

Corpus analysis for Gloat

  • In this selection, "gloat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, glodt, smugly, neither, given, says and nor stand out and add context to how "gloat" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include above the gloat mobile app and analysts neither gloat nor denigrate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gloat" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gloat

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Above: The Gloat mobile app. (5 words)

This is no time for you to gloat about anything. (10 words)

And to those who gloat, to what end is your gloating? (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Speaking of which, I hope they have a little fun on draft night by having Bayley or Sasha drafted to Raw so that Bayley can gloat about not having to face Banks, only to have the drafted wrestler traded back to Smackdown. (42 words)

Especially when a lot of criticism came out before it even was released and then there are the disgusting people who went to her IG the day the show was canceled to gloat and spout more bigotry. (37 words)

Xander will suggest Sarah should call him if that’s the case, but he’ll mostly just want to gloat about Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin) and the fact that he proposed to her. (33 words)

Question examples

And to those who gloat, to what end is your gloating? (11 words)

Do you really want to deprive me of the right to smugly gloat if my completely uneducated opinion turns out to be a lucky guess? (25 words)

Example sentences (20)

Not to gloat, of course, but the resurgence of interest in Scandinavian food is something I have been anticipating for a long, long time.

Of course, we can’t really gloat, given all of the crap that we had to put up with to get to this point.

Robinson, earning very early consideration for an All-Defense selection, was coy afterward and didn’t want to gloat.

This is not a time for Republicans to point fingers or for Democrats to gloat: It’s a time for everyone to get to work and fund the government.

Xander will suggest Sarah should call him if that’s the case, but he’ll mostly just want to gloat about Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin) and the fact that he proposed to her.

Ag Alliance founding member Jason Glodt (gloat) says supporting Referred Law 21 will ensure landowners receive the rights and protections they deserve.

Especially when a lot of criticism came out before it even was released and then there are the disgusting people who went to her IG the day the show was canceled to gloat and spout more bigotry.

It is hard not to gloat when you feel what you have been doing and writing for nearly 40 years finally comes to pass.

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The president urged Senator Okpebholo not to gloat over his victory but to see it as a challenging call to service.

And to those who gloat, to what end is your gloating?

Do you really want to deprive me of the right to smugly gloat if my completely uneducated opinion turns out to be a lucky guess?

He said Mr Johnson should be using public money to unite the nation, "not gloat with an expensive party".

Speaking of which, I hope they have a little fun on draft night by having Bayley or Sasha drafted to Raw so that Bayley can gloat about not having to face Banks, only to have the drafted wrestler traded back to Smackdown.

The fact that the Russian analysts neither gloat, nor denigrate this numerical result, but rather state it matter-of-factly, implies it could be an important conclusion.

This is no time for you to gloat about anything.

Trump and his allies took the occasion to gloat over the Democrats’ misfortune.

Above: The Gloat mobile app.

However, Phyllis won’t miss an opportunity to gloat about Abby and Chelsea’s misfortune.

Love does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people.

Proceed to gloat about it on a Facebook anti vaccination group.

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Common combinations with gloat

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gloat" in a sentence?
An example: "Not to gloat, of course, but the resurgence of interest in Scandinavian food is something I have been anticipating for a long, long time." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gloat" from authentic English texts.
What does "gloat" mean?
Gloat means: To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
What are synonyms of "gloat"?
Common synonyms of "gloat" include: gloating, vaunt, bluster, blow, gas, brag, shoot a line, swash. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "gloat" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gloat", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.