Example sentences for: vicarious

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

  • Circular vicarious cynicism.

  • The cover story identifies a new trend: "Explornography: The vicarious thrill of exploring when there's nothing left to explore."

  • A temple is a building where, as a rule, no meetings are held but where Mormons go for certain ceremonies, including vicarious ordinances (ordinances on be half of one's ancestors), for celestial marriages (technically, celestial marriage is the institution of marriage that extends past death, as generally understood, and the wedding ceremony itself is called a temple marriage ), and a place where one receives one's endowment .

  • The Wall Street Journal 's "Work Week" column reports that the notion of "vicarious liability" of a company for behavior by its employees that it doesn't even know about is spreading well beyond the Supreme Court's application last spring of that concept to sexual harassment.

  • These case studies described what services were delivered, the conditions in rural as well as urban areas, and what the Home Start teachers did during the home visits and generally provided a surrogate or vicarious experience for readers who might never have visited a Head Start or a Home Start center.


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