- present participle of gloat.
gloating
Example Sentences
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I won’t join in the gloating of some critics at the hundreds who have lost their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 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
Panic and gloating go viral; reality-based exposition doesn’t.
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
But there's also a large element of gloating about this exhibition.
From BBC ● May 1, 2024
In the beginning, Aech was slightly better than I was, and he had a habit of gloating over his victories.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
