Examples of schadenfreude in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For workers, that has meant bemusement—and in some cases, a dose of schadenfreude as well. — Te-ping Chen, WSJ, 20 July 2021 Yet as several journalists have suggested, WeWork’s precipitous change in fortunes cannot be explained through the Neumanns’ hubris or delusion alone, though their fall provides ample material for schadenfreude. — Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 There also has to be some level of schadenfreude towards OKC fans who were rooting for the coin to land the other way. — Robert Charles, Chron, 23 June 2021 Defeat for Germany, then, would come with a side order of schadenfreude from Brexit-loving middle Englanders. — Dan Stewart, Time, 28 June 2021 But rather than devote themselves to talking up an asset, Butters do the opposite, schadenfreude firmly established as the group’s lingua franca. — Abram Brown, Forbes, 26 June 2021 Trolls tend to be anti-social and drawn to what psychologists call schadenfreude (meaning, pleasure from the misfortune of others). — John Brandon, Forbes, 28 June 2021 Distinct phenomena—envy, sadism, schadenfreude, reckless idealism, world-historical malice—get flattened. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021 There is almost no schadenfreude in the Matt Gaetz downfall. — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 May 2021

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