How to Use glory days/years in a Sentence

glory days/years

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  • The 2010s were the glory years for losing teams in the N.F.L. playoffs.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • But the glory days of Sputnik and Soyuz seem to be gone.
    — Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Fans refuse to stay solely in the glory days of Montana and Rice.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • Oasis and Blur ushered in the glory days of the Britpop era.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Wilson maintains that the band’s glory days were a dream come true — for a while.
    — Alan Light, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Frigo was around back in the glory days of the festival.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • Your friend who pines for the glory days of Rush is super into them.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • Much like the Patriots, his glory days are in the rearview mirror.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The glory days of VC are over, and if history is any guide, the tech bust should last through 2024 and beyond.
    — Edward Chancellor, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And, like a lot of Midwestern small towns in the Reagan ‘80s, its glory days are behind it.
    — Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Despite being in their new era, the Sparks are never too far from their old glory days.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • In a few years, only old-timers could remember the glory days of Black baseball in Fort Worth.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • Back in the glory days of the original Wii, Wii Fit sold millions of users on the idea of working out in front of their televisions.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 10 July 2023
  • The glory days of Steve Spurrier making fun of rivals from his pulpit are over.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • Steiner was a prominent face in the glory days of ESPN.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • This Milan is not a reprise of the glory days when Serie A towered over the world, but something closer to a requiem for them.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • The coupé debuted at the 2010 Paris Motor Show and was meant to be a forward-thinking callback to Jaguar’s glory days.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Byju’s glory days seem to be behind it, and its fall from grace is unfolding very much in public.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 28 June 2023
  • The exhibit in Taneytown offers a glimpse into the past and the glory days of railroading.
    — Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Start your day with a coffee (from 6 francs) and a croissant (2.50 francs), or opt for one of the heartier breakfast options, and get a sense of Odeon’s bustling glory years.
    — Noele Illien, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At night around campfires, loosened up by drugs, people would talk about their glory days.
    — Matt Kempner, ajc, 23 June 2023
  • Carvana is a hot stock again, a reminder of its pandemic glory days.
    — Ben Foldy, WSJ, 17 July 2023
  • But the steel mills and coal mines failed to roar back to their glory days, and the internal-combustion engine is unlikely to as well.
    — Anjali Huynh, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Now his sights are set on returning an iconic franchise to its glory days.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Both clubs have been lavishly decorated in an Art Deco/jazz age style as a tip of the hat to the glory days of supper clubs past.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
  • One of its original flagship wristwatches was the Polerouter, launched in 1954 during the dawn of the glory days of watch design.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The trend of adults buying toys for themselves is relatively new, but longing for the glory days of childhood is not.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The interested older players would flock to him and ask him to recount his glory days.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2023
  • For everyone else, the easiest way to relive the glory days of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will be to sync up a Spotify playlist to be ready for when the game drops this fall.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024
  • So has the second big boom for interactive fiction: the glory days of Infocom.
    — Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024

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