How to Use glory in a Sentence

glory

1 of 2 noun
  • The glory of the town is its fountain.
  • The beautiful art reminds us of the glory of the empire.
  • Let us give glory to God.
  • He now has only a few trophies to remind him of the glory of his athletic career.
  • The new owners are trying to restore the company to its former glory.
  • As a young soldier he dreamed of winning military glory.
  • The right on Hereford, the left to the glory of Boylston.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The 2010s were the glory years for losing teams in the N.F.L. playoffs.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • Now, with Napoli on the edge of glory, the crowds have swelled even more.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And be at one with the universe, give God the glory, and sing and praise.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
  • How tragic, to have known the glory of cholent and lost it.
    Benjamin Dubow, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Wilson maintains that the band’s glory days were a dream come true — for a while.
    Alan Light, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Much like the Patriots, his glory days are in the rearview mirror.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The batter who gets the game-winning hit gets all the glory, and the strong bullpen pitching that kept them in the game gets overlooked.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 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
  • There’s something to be said for in-between-ness, in all its messy glory.
    Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Peonies, with their huge, look-at-me blooms, are one of the glories of early summer.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Well, the next year, Manning took a lesser team to Super Bowl glory.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Steiner was a prominent face in the glory days of ESPN.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The first golden age of Athenian tourism occurred around 435 B.C., when culture-lovers from around the Greek world flocked to the city at the peak of its glory.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Aston Martin doesn’t just have its eyes set on glory at Le Mans, though.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Knowing that beer garden season in all of its glory is around the corner.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
  • At the time of Croft’s funeral in 1930, dozens of pearlies from across London joined the cortege to honor him, decked out in their buttoned glory.
    Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The film ends at their moment of glory, and though there’s been some suggestion of better days ahead, the future is left blank.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • The desire for fame, the desire for glory, for money, is overwhelming in both cities.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Maybe for the same reason that today’s rap stars fear being unseen in their glory.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Look for us in your inbox again on Jan. 11, rested, refreshed and ready to tackle the great outdoors in all its glory.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • For him, the silliness of the show is inextricable from its glory.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The show will follow the stories of local entrepreneurs and their journey to restoring the town back to its former glory.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This monograph showcases its heydey in all its joy and glory.
    New York Times, 3 May 2023
Advertisement

glory

2 of 2 verb
  • His family gloried in his drum playing and magic tricks.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2018
  • Or did the notions that fed the circus die off in a nation that once gloried in the reach of empire, with strange creatures on display to certify Western Man's dominion over Earth?
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • Courts have affirmed it and Congress has substantially gloried in its role as an overpaid Rotary Club.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 June 2018
  • The other orchestral choirs were far from neglected, however, and the Shostakovich gloried in robust brass playing.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.
    latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • On Truth We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.
    Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Ambitions appeared to be thwarted for so long by a culture of entitlement as England gloried in the hype and status of being the birthplace of soccer without backing it up with results.
    Rob Harris, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • There was femininity, gloried in and defined multiple ways via dress.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The Times wouldn’t glory if an internal whistleblower decided the world also needed to know who did the leaking, though this person’s motives and actions are, in a sense, more newsworthy than 30-year-old Trump family tax returns.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
  • And no entity on the planet does a better job, whether directly or indirectly, of glorying these killers, and thereby providing the inspiration for the next one, than our mainstream media.
    Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 24 May 2018
  • His family gloried in his drum playing and magic tricks.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2018
  • Or did the notions that fed the circus die off in a nation that once gloried in the reach of empire, with strange creatures on display to certify Western Man's dominion over Earth?
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • Courts have affirmed it and Congress has substantially gloried in its role as an overpaid Rotary Club.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 June 2018
  • The other orchestral choirs were far from neglected, however, and the Shostakovich gloried in robust brass playing.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.
    latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • On Truth We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.
    Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Ambitions appeared to be thwarted for so long by a culture of entitlement as England gloried in the hype and status of being the birthplace of soccer without backing it up with results.
    Rob Harris, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • There was femininity, gloried in and defined multiple ways via dress.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The Times wouldn’t glory if an internal whistleblower decided the world also needed to know who did the leaking, though this person’s motives and actions are, in a sense, more newsworthy than 30-year-old Trump family tax returns.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
  • And no entity on the planet does a better job, whether directly or indirectly, of glorying these killers, and thereby providing the inspiration for the next one, than our mainstream media.
    Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 24 May 2018
  • His family gloried in his drum playing and magic tricks.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2018
  • Or did the notions that fed the circus die off in a nation that once gloried in the reach of empire, with strange creatures on display to certify Western Man's dominion over Earth?
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • Courts have affirmed it and Congress has substantially gloried in its role as an overpaid Rotary Club.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 June 2018
  • The other orchestral choirs were far from neglected, however, and the Shostakovich gloried in robust brass playing.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.
    latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • On Truth We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.
    Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Ambitions appeared to be thwarted for so long by a culture of entitlement as England gloried in the hype and status of being the birthplace of soccer without backing it up with results.
    Rob Harris, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • There was femininity, gloried in and defined multiple ways via dress.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The Times wouldn’t glory if an internal whistleblower decided the world also needed to know who did the leaking, though this person’s motives and actions are, in a sense, more newsworthy than 30-year-old Trump family tax returns.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
  • And no entity on the planet does a better job, whether directly or indirectly, of glorying these killers, and thereby providing the inspiration for the next one, than our mainstream media.
    Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 24 May 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'glory.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: