experience vicariously

Frequency: 4.50.8 per million words

to feel or enjoy something through the imagined feelings or actions of another person

vicariouslyVERB + vicariously

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experience

Examples (10)

  • Many parents experience their children's successes vicariously.
  • Through books, we can vicariously experience adventures in faraway lands.
  • She loved watching travel shows to experience new cultures vicariously.
  • He felt he could vicariously experience the thrill of the race by playing the video game.
  • Don't just experience life vicariously; go out and live it yourself!
  • As an audience, we experience the protagonist's struggles vicariously.
  • Having never traveled, she often tried to experience the world vicariously through her friends' stories.
  • Some people prefer to vicariously experience danger from the safety of their homes.
  • The documentary allowed viewers to experience the historical event vicariously.
  • Through his vivid descriptions, I felt I could vicariously experience his journey.