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Meanings of gloat over in English

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Usage of gloat over in English
1
Want to go and gloat over your friends in the pens instead?
Woken furies
2
The Indian wished to gloat over the mental distress of his foe.
Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
3
I never gloat over doing such an easy job as that was.
Children of the Whirlwind
4
Contempt, intolerance, physical force, are what they gloat over in international relations.
Villa Elsa / A Story of German Family Life
5
As if you were Hitler himself, come to gloat over the dead.
The arms maker of berlin
6
Moreover, he who has not erred has but little to gloat over.
One Third Off
7
Culvera had sent for him to gloat over him, to taunt him.
Steve Yeager
8
That wretch came into the woods to gloat over his rival's misery.
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
9
The following are two stories which the little yellow-haired Norse children gloat over:
Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
10
Then he would gloat over the pins as they skipped about the maps.
The Lost Naval Papers
11
He wanted to keep it to himself and gloat over it.
The Adventures of Sally
12
And she cast down her eyes to gloat over the belt.
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
13
He seemed to gloat over the sufferings of his dying wife.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
14
Let people find anything to gloat over in her appearance, if they could.
V. V.'s Eyes
15
He wants to gloat over having won over a member of Team B.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
16
His enemy recognized his mood, and seemed to gloat over it.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
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Gloat over through the time
Gloat over across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common