glory in
phrasal verb
gloried in; glorying in; glories in
: to feel or show great joy or pleasure because of (something)
They gloried in their country's success.
Examples of glory in in a Sentence
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Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness returns to not quite her former glory in the first Agatha All Along trailer, providing the first look and new plot details on the WandaVision spinoff series coming to Disney+.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 8 July 2024
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
The enthusiastic conductor, Clément Mao-Takacs, could be overly flashy, but the real glory in the opera, its saving grace in many ways, was the exceptional beauty and expression of Saariaho’s orchestral writing, and this came through spectacularly well.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Howard’s rollicking widescreen melodrama about Irish immigrants pursuing fortune and glory in late-19th-century America gave newlyweds Cruise and Kidman a pair of juicy dramatic roles and a procession of dazzling landscape backdrops.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
Their persistence to stay present and helpful, vulnerable and relatable, to truly listen to others’ issues with no intentions of gaining glory in the solutions.
—Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
That in-between space is also the habitat of the aptly named Junction Trio, three stupendous musicians who glory in artistic instability, the sense that styles are not pure or settled practices and never were.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 6 May 2024
Sign up England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales go for glory in the Six Nations Championship.
—Mike Starling, theweek, 1 Jan. 2024
Heli-skiing gets all of the glory in ski films but a chopper is not the only way to escape the crowds and access untouched steep and deep snow.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
Nick Romano, EW.com, 8 July 2024
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
The enthusiastic conductor, Clément Mao-Takacs, could be overly flashy, but the real glory in the opera, its saving grace in many ways, was the exceptional beauty and expression of Saariaho’s orchestral writing, and this came through spectacularly well.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Howard’s rollicking widescreen melodrama about Irish immigrants pursuing fortune and glory in late-19th-century America gave newlyweds Cruise and Kidman a pair of juicy dramatic roles and a procession of dazzling landscape backdrops.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
Their persistence to stay present and helpful, vulnerable and relatable, to truly listen to others’ issues with no intentions of gaining glory in the solutions.
—Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
That in-between space is also the habitat of the aptly named Junction Trio, three stupendous musicians who glory in artistic instability, the sense that styles are not pure or settled practices and never were.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 6 May 2024
Sign up England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales go for glory in the Six Nations Championship.
—Mike Starling, theweek, 1 Jan. 2024
Heli-skiing gets all of the glory in ski films but a chopper is not the only way to escape the crowds and access untouched steep and deep snow.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
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