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as in halo
an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage an altarpiece depicting God seated on His throne and bathed in celestial glory

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verb

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interjection

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of glory
Noun
That’s how head coach Geordie Kinnear described the Charlotte Checkers’ season after Monday night’s 3-2 loss to Abbotsford ended their Calder Cup finals run two victories short of championship glory. Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2025 Attracting everyone from sultans and princes to Charlie Caplin and Winston Churchill in its glory days, Impérial Palace is still the place to be more than a century later—and the views don’t get better than the top floor Imperial Suite, where a terrace shows off 360-degree vistas of Lake Annecy. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
Verb
Fleabag of old would’ve gloried in sharing this carnal victory with the camera. Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2019 Unlike the 2000s movies, which gloried in their goofery, Banks’ film clearly wants to break new ground for the franchise. Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2019 See All Example Sentences for glory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glory
Noun
  • Even more depressing is the scene at the end of President Andrews' address, when both sides of the aisle and all of the spectators rise in unanimous, unrestrained applause.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
  • Cameras rolled, the livestream spiked and mission control erupted in applause.
    Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • If the happy memories some people deposit in the Antidote’s vaults are treasures, then so, in a sense, are the ones that could have brought justice.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
  • When word spreads about an ancient treasure ship discovered off the Korean coast, the uncle-nephew duo races against time and rival treasure hunters to claim their fortune.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • McDavid's individual brilliance still hasn't, with Florida denying the Oilers a Stanley Cup for a second consecutive season.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 18 June 2025
  • The '80s and '90s were full of near-comebacks, false starts, flashes of brilliance under layers of confusion.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • When unbound, her hair was a resplendent halo of vitality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • Since then, astronomers have discovered that all large galaxies seem to be surrounded by similar haloes of what is now known as dark matter.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Nuno has been talked about, as such, as a realistic contender to challenge Liverpool’s Arne Slot for the manager-of-the-year accolades.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • Lead performances by Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez, along with supporting turns from Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny, are generating buzz and could garner another significant accolade in the name of the Hollywood creator.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps this is because the power couple are the current owners of Casa Rosa, a jewel of contemporary architecture designed by Andrés Casillas de Alba in 1978.
    Katia Contreras, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2025
  • The philanthropist and felon endowed L.A. with what was then the largest urban park in the world and still remains a jewel of the city.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • While some of these women have officially earned their crowns in the Disney princess canon, other heroines like Elsa from Frozen (2013) and Mirabel from Encanto (2021) have essentially become honorary majesties.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 June 2025
  • And despite his passing, his musical and cultural significance is guaranteed to continue, with the consistency and majesty of waves rolling across the sea.
    Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • It is bordered by hummocky deposits, called aureoles, that were formed by landslides from the mountain.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
  • Initially, scientists believed these features might be flows of salty water or brine, which remained liquid long enough to travel down the aureole.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025

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“Glory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glory. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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