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.
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Spike Lee orchestrates Puerto Rican street parades, dazzling skyscraper shots, shouting Yankee fans in subways, bodega battles, freestyle rap roasts, high speed chases, gunfire dueling, and more to charge the story with grit and glory in the resolution.
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Malik Peay, Essence, 13 Aug. 2025
Harley rebounds No Dallas player covered himself in glory in Colorado’s 4-0 rout in Game 4, but Harley had a particularly tough night.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
That 2022-23 season was split in two by the World Cup in the November and December, but Mbappe seemed to take the convoluted campaign in his stride, scoring eight goals to carry France to within a whisker of back-to-back glory in Qatar and then returning to propel PSG to yet another Ligue 1 title.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Turns out, there is no glory in being the Spice Lord, at least not for me.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Aug. 2025
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Malik Peay, Essence, 13 Aug. 2025
Harley rebounds No Dallas player covered himself in glory in Colorado’s 4-0 rout in Game 4, but Harley had a particularly tough night.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
That 2022-23 season was split in two by the World Cup in the November and December, but Mbappe seemed to take the convoluted campaign in his stride, scoring eight goals to carry France to within a whisker of back-to-back glory in Qatar and then returning to propel PSG to yet another Ligue 1 title.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Turns out, there is no glory in being the Spice Lord, at least not for me.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Glory in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glory%20in. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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