gloat

If it outperforms in the year ahead, I’ll gloat.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

There is a temptation to gloat, laugh at and mock them, but that may be a trap which further imperil American democracy.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

Loomer, known for her influence over the president, used the moment to gloat about being correct.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025

But, dressed in his signature dark blue suit, he did not gloat or celebrate wildly in his first comments to the media on Friday when the scale of his win became clear,.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

Roy was careful not to gloat or joke about it, or to draw any special attention to himself.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

“Oakland in ’87 was hella wild,” gloats rapper Too Short, the film’s narrator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

After "Live and Let Die" villain Dr. Kananga balloons and explodes from ingesting a gas pellet, Roger Moore's Bond gloats, "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself."

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021

My husband doesn’t believe me, and she even gloats about that.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2020

The most imitated moment, perhaps, is when Davis turns on Crawford and gloats, “But-cha are, Blanche. Ya’ are in that chair.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2017

But the voice gloats back, “Urgente,” and Tatica must obey.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Hijacking a Black History Month event on Wednesday, he gloated that, along with the Olympics and the World Cup, “I get the 250th year.”

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

Hofstra University, better known for its scholarly conferences on presidents, recently convened one to celebrate the life of a baseball player who once gloated about making more money than a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 30, 2022

But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022

A British captain gloated over them, and made polite sounds of sympathy.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who poured a lot of time, money, coordination, pressure, and campaigning into the outcome, was understandably gloating following the result.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026

And so, when Dubai and other parts of the United Arab Emirates were targeted by some 1,400 Iranian missiles and drones over the past several days, the reaction abroad was often gloating and snark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

But there's also a large element of gloating about this exhibition.

From BBC ● May 1, 2024

“I wish I could see Du Hai’s face now,” I couldn’t help gloating.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang