VICARIOUS in a Sentence
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Example sentences for VICARIOUS, such as:
1. She had vicarious happiness in the return of Major Raymond Wutherspoon.
2. Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies by imagining they are the characters on the screen.
3. My sister, having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.
4. When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity.
5. So, only half resigned to her fate, she spent most of her time with Scarlett, vicariously enjoying a pregnancy not her own.
2. Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies by imagining they are the characters on the screen.
3. My sister, having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.
4. When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity.
5. So, only half resigned to her fate, she spent most of her time with Scarlett, vicariously enjoying a pregnancy not her own.
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Meanings and Examples of VICARIOUS
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vicarious
a. acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
Classic Sentence:
1 Carol was shuddering with the vicarious shame which sensitive people feel when they listen to an "elocutionist" being humorous, or to a precocious child publicly doing badly what no child should do at all.
2 She knew that he was satisfied with Gopher Prairie, but it gave her vicarious hope to think of going, to ask for railroad folders at the station, to trace the maps with a restless forefinger.
3 She had vicarious happiness in the return of Major Raymond Wutherspoon.
4 When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
5 My sister, having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.
6 So, only half resigned to her fate, she spent most of her time with Scarlett, vicariously enjoying a pregnancy not her own.
Example Sentence:
1 Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies by imagining they are the characters on the screen.
2 I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience.