Meanings of vicarious thrill in English

It would appease Bob, and give him some kind of vicarious thrill.

It was a vicarious thrill to go up to someone and shoot them.

You probably had a lot of experiences that would give people a vicarious thrill.

This made him feel like an insider, gave him the vicarious thrill of a policeman's power.

The draw is still the same tawdry old thing it ever was: vicarious thrill meets catharsis.

It gave the students a vicarious thrill.

Give an old lady a vicarious thrill.

The simple news that Holden was off to pull the Gladhanders' noses sent a vicarious thrill through Bello.

You never know what she knows, which is part of her charm, and the vicarious thrill of working under her.

Life is weird like that. Cantona has also spoken of wanting to give others -in this case, United fans -a vicarious thrill.

You and I, plain bread and butter people, come to see these things because we get a sort of vicarious thrill out of them.

Not-so- vicarious thrills at having her own stalker was considerably worse.

With the graffiti-fueled Dreamcast game Jet Grind Radio, I can still get those vicarious thrills.

At least the drone shots and underwater footage dazzle and delight, providing the vicarious thrills you want from extreme sports films.

The idea is clearly that the sound of haves coughing up cash to purchase posh treats offers turbo-charged vicarious thrills for listening have-nots.

Of course, he'd also missed playing it, but for now he'd have to settle for the vicarious thrills of watching a good game on TV.