Sentences with phrase «as gloating»

There is a reductionist view with a subtext that categorizes anyone who predicts the demise of bookstores as a gloating goblin.

If you were anyone other than my mother, you would have read it as a gloating exultation rather than a series of grievances.

Apologies are made, hidden in the face - saving rhetoric of diplomacy, and then the reply comes, possibly as a gloat, but carrying within it the willingness to let the other begin a new tack.

The opponents see this as a gotcha golden moment as they gloat that we have you Obama, Sebelius, et al in our crosshairs.

Helplessly, you look on as he gloats and asserts that he, like all good villains, will never be beaten.

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Digital books made up about 20 % of the market last year, roughly the same as they did a few years ago, a fact that has traditional publishers almost gloating.

In Buffett's annual letter in 2015, he gloated that 98 % of shares voted were against the proposal, a result he interpreted as, ««Don't send us a dividend but instead reinvest all of the earnings,»» adding, «To have our fellow owners — large and small — be so in sync with our managerial philosophy is both remarkable and rewarding.»

The story «went viral,» as she tweeted about her getting fired over Twitter, and proceeded to gloat about what had happened.

Tilson's firmed disclosed a 164,000 share position citing the company's low valuation (5.6 x trailing EPS), huge short interest (43 percent of the gloat), recent management changes, and a large market opportunity as reasons to hold a positive bias on the company.

Well... let me re-phrase that... yes, of course it (excessive show boating / gloating / celebration) pis - sed me off, as an extreme compet!tor, it certainly would and did bother me on that level, however, I just viewed it as part of being in the compet!tive environment, and playing and competing at such a high - level.

The only thing we really can gloat about then is God, just as he said.

And as for all the critics of Mark Driscoll, I hope there is absolutely no gloating whatsoever.

Christians should mourn Matthew Snyder's death and honor such servants of God in the military, not gloat over their deaths as Fred Phelps did in his reprehensible protest.

Most of us, myself included, might be tempted to gloat as Haman led us around town on the kings royal horse.

Since «triumphalism» is only ever used in a derogatory sense, denoting a presumed superiority and a supercilious, gloating arrogance toward others, one can only assume that a belief in the Church as «the ark of salvation and the locus of divine truth» is somehow an example of arrogant and supercilious bigotry.

Refusing to gloat, they instead were in agreement as to the day's real winners.

Among all the delight from Arsenal fans and the taunting and gloating aimed at our rival fans from west London following the sacking of their special one Jose Mourinho by the Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, I saw one Metro report showing that some Arsenal fans had posted things on social media hailing our former captain Cesc Fabregas for his work as a «secret agent» at Chelsea.

Don't worry though, any true supporter wouldn't dare gloat, as the stakes are too high.

That injury list is clearly an issue and not a helpful one to our hopes in Europe or the Premier League and after it just about doubled in the month of November at the same time as our results hit a wall, a lot of Arsenal fans as well as those critics in the media always ready to gloat over any Arsenal misfortune were quick to lay the blame squarely at the feet of Arsene Wenger and his transfer policy of, well not making any transfers.

At least Spurrier, who has never been known as the most graceful winner, resisted the urge to gloat over the victory, saying he took no special satisfaction from beating the Gators, and downplaying the significance of his flirtation with Florida after last season.

Agreed mohawk — I could do without the gloating as well.

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

She does a lot of gloating during the non-wrestling angles but comes across as an inferior / illegitimate champion to me; an over-matched underdog who runs away and usually wins by capitalizing on a freak occurrence or by cheating.

I think Aguero and Silva could be the biggest pluses for Arsenal, but I refuse to gloat just yet as we have one more round of games to play and i am VERY worried about Sanchez, which would be as big a loss to us as Aguero would be for Man City.

If we had managed to complete our second half comeback against the Potters, then maybe the memory of that terrible half would not be quite so painful, but as it is, the rugby team got their chance to gloat and will come into the return match at the Emirates on Sunday with confidence high and with a belief that they can do the double over us.

The gloating each fan base could potentially do just isn't worth it, and almost everybody on either side would just as soon prefer to face the other team, thank you very much.

Much as don't like to gloat when our big opponents lose important players, Arsenal will take any advantage they can get before the gruelling run of matches coming up for the rest of this month, starting with Manchester City this weekend, swiftly followed by the visit to Germany.

Whoever thumbed you down could probably imagine that being introduced as the current and reining champions before and after every encounter is indeed something to gloat about.

In fact I remember taking my little baby (when she was maybe 3 months) and the nurse insisted on taking the temperature rectally and was actually gloating how she knew to stand aside as it sometimes made kids to have the sensation to go potty.

When he comes home from trick or treating, let him lay out his booty, gloat over it, sort it and eat as much of it as he wants.

As millions of parents are reeling from the thought that their babies have chowed on bugs, it's a time for support, not gloating.

It's good for the ego and soul to be able to gloat a little bit over that and realize how far you've come as a parent.

Natural Mommy is resolving to avoid using television as part of her parenting toolbox after reading that Educational DVDs Slow Infant Learning (New Scientist) and Kim is, let's face it, gloating (heart shaped hedges): Is it the lack of interaction, or the videos themselves?

He also arrives at a precarious time for his own party, even as Democrats gloat about the crackup of the GOP in the Year of Trump.

Mr Cameron noted that Mr Blair had dismissed plans for such a bill in January as a «trifle dodgy», gloating: «If you want something to happen in this country, you should get the leader of the opposition to suggest it.»

«Instead of rushing to disqualify them [the aspirants] contrary to the due process of law (particularly the right to alter or amend as provided by law and natural justice) and gloating on her competence in the unlawful application of C.I. 94 she should have resigned for failing in her functions to educate the aspirants for the complex nomination electoral process and its purpose.»

Instead of rushing to disqualify them contrary to the due process of law (particularly the right to alter or amend as provided by law and natural justice) and gloating on her competence in the unlawful application of C.I. 94 she should have resigned for failing in her functions to educate the aspirants for the complex nomination electoral process and its purpose.

In a statement, Martin Amidu said: «Instead of rushing to disqualify them [the aspirants] contrary to the due process of law (particularly the right to alter or amend as provided by law and natural justice) and gloating on her competence in the unlawful application of C.I. 94 she should have resigned for failing in her functions to educate the aspirants for the complex nomination electoral process and its purpose.»

It is being interpreted in Westminster as an attempt to ensure Mr Cameron has enough support to see off opposition from «old guard» MPs, who have been angered at concessions to the Tories» Coalition partners and perceived «gloating» from Lib Dems.

And if you're in a relationship, you feel the magnified glares of single people the world over, as if by celebrating you are somehow gloating about your relationship (P.S.. You're allowed to be happy about your relationship.

Margot Robbie gives a fantastically uninhibited performance as Tonya, fighting her way to the top from humble beginnings, frizzy of hair, angry of demeanour, often bringing out a raptor grimace on the ice, denoting pain or gloating triumph.

So forget pithy sayings such as, «Elementary, my dear Watson,» the new and improved Sherlock Holmes is more inclined to gloat as he doles out damage, spitting out lines like, «Weaken right jaw.

The reasoning is sound (Milly feels unloved by Kit, who doesn't know how to react to his wife's illness, and Jess doesn't want to sound like she's gloating), but it feels as if the screenplay is sacrificing the heart of these relationships for conflicts that must be overcome.

There's no doubt that older gamers who aren't afraid to play games like Mario are more mature than people who gloat about playing games such as CoD an Battlefield.

Metal Gear Solid Touch leads the news this week as some of the crew gloats about the final confirmation of the game; also confusion takes over with the statement that says Home is «2005 tech in 2008.»

Of course, he doesn't have much time to gloat, as he's slapped by General Leia (the late Carrie Fisher) and demoted in the very next scene.

As such, he's important to the plot, but he's otherwise just your average two - dimensional gloating bad guy, so there's not really much to say about him, besides the fact that I really dig that one - arm gladiator armor thing he wears.

The Agency 5 see themselves, not without reason, as having sacrificed revenue at a difficult time for the industry's long run good while Random House takes tactical advantage of the shift (and, in the words of one CEO, are «gloating» about it.)

The fictitious (thankfully) Washington Democrat was gloating about how he had deviously maneuvered a bill through the U.S. Senate, but Underwood could have just as easily been talking about the process of buying a home and getting a mortgage.

I know that in the several hours after the diagnosis, I would feel a profound sadness and an even greater fear for I have seen «the face» of this dreadful cancer and it is ugly and determined, with an «expression» tending toward gloating, as if mocking one's attempts to treat it.