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experienced secondhand- I prefer to defy death vicariously.
- The book is full of romance and vicarious thrills.
- Experience is the most valuable commodity, and she who gains it vicariously, is wisest.
- It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.London, Jack -- The Call of the Wild
- I'm living vicariously through the two of you, I hope you know.Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
- "But sometimes," he said, "I can't help but think that you live vicariously through his antics, and I must say that it hurts me."Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
- It could even have been sent by someone who got some sort of vicarious thrill by making lonely women cry on distant beaches.Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle
- School was my solace, and studying let me escape, allowing me to live a thousand vicarious lives.Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
- When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity.Stevenson, Robert Louis -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- vicarious menstruation
- Had the poor boy suddenly gone mad, or was this vicarious farewell a part of the courtship of Devil's Ford?Harte, Bret -- Devil's Ford
- vicarious atonement
- read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
- Whenever I fidgeted or complained, she reminded me that she didn't have any memories of being human, and asked me not to ruin her vicarious fun.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- I felt as if I were slipping into a holiday mood, embarked on another vicarious moral adventure, which looked as though it would be painless.Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- And Ed had lived vicariously through Harlon's exploits on the football field.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- So Eppie was reared without punishment, the burden of her misdeeds being borne vicariously by father Silas.George Eliot -- Silas Marner
- So, only half resigned to her fate, she spent most of her time with Scarlett, vicariously enjoying a pregnancy not her own.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- He doesn't want vicarious satisfaction.J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
vicariously = in a manner where experience is gained or felt secondhand (through others)
vicariously = experiencing life secondhand
vicarious = experienced secondhand
vicarious = experienced secondhand
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