Example sentences for: schadenfreude

How can you use “schadenfreude” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Newsweek 's cover story chronicles--with more than a little Schadenfreude --the decline of the Kennedy dynasty.

  • Of course, everyone makes mistakes, although Mr. Robertson's difficulties may inspire a bit more Schadenfreude than your ordinary, average business disaster.

  • Bitch, Bitch, Bitch: I've always been grateful to Elizabeth Wurtzel for teaching me the meaning of the word Schadenfreude . It was a concept that came up a lot in the days immediately following Tina Brown's installation as editor at The New Yorker , as many journalists of my acquaintance gleefully counted down the moments until Wurtzel was deposed as pop music critic.

  • Schadenfreude being the house religion of the New York magazine world, this has been a particularly satisfying week for glossy mag writers and editors.

  • The more high-flown critics are flush with Schadenfreude at what they see as director George Lucas' fall from glory.


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