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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Women’s 100 metre record: 10.49 seconds Florence Griffith Joyner, known as ‘Flo-Jo, ’ had experienced glory in the 200m, winning Olympic silver in 1984 and silver again at the 1987 World Championships.
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Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The Gunners struggled without the Norwegian in midfield, but Odegaard is once again pulling the strings for a team targeting glory in the Premier League and Champions League this season.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Vicario didn’t cover himself in glory in the sequence, first punching the initial set-piece delivery directly at Ait-Nouri before picking himself up and failing to get close to the full-back’s shot — which didn’t exactly find the side netting.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There are still nine league games left in Tottenham Hotspur’s season, and a Europa League campaign that could conceivably end in glory in Bilbao on 21 May.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The Gunners struggled without the Norwegian in midfield, but Odegaard is once again pulling the strings for a team targeting glory in the Premier League and Champions League this season.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Vicario didn’t cover himself in glory in the sequence, first punching the initial set-piece delivery directly at Ait-Nouri before picking himself up and failing to get close to the full-back’s shot — which didn’t exactly find the side netting.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There are still nine league games left in Tottenham Hotspur’s season, and a Europa League campaign that could conceivably end in glory in Bilbao on 21 May.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glory in
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“Glory in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glory%20in. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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