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How to use glorify in a sentence

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Glorify means to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone). Example: “Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.”

Examples of glorify by meaning

verbTo make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.

  • Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.
  • Historical dictators are glorified in some countries that are dictatorships and by some political radicals.
  • Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key pledge of the socialist government, which said Spain should not continue to glorify a fascist who ruled the country for nearly four decades.2019 October 24, “Franco exhumation: Spanish dictator's remains moved”, in BBC News

More sentences with glorify

  • They sang hymns that glorified God.From the entry glorified
  • She was his literal hostage yet they glorify it calling Aemond “based” and a “milf enjoyer”.2024 May 1, houseofnim, Reddit. From the entry Alysmond
  • First Corinthians 10:13 promises that you can not only handle it, but glorify God in it.2011 September 7, Joni Eareckson Tada, Glorious Intruder: God's Presence in Life's Chaos, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 123. From the entry purpose
  • At darkfall I heard only one instrument like a glorified Jew's harp.2011, Ella Young, John Matthews, Denise Sallee, At the Gates of Dawn: A Collection of Writings, page 199. From the entry darkfall
  • Or a clerk may be regarded as a paralegal, or even little more than a glorified “go-fer.”1976, Student Lawyer, page 43, column 1. From the entry go-fer
  • From an ideological perspective, rural productive life was glorified, while the urban luftgeschaeft, non-productive livelihoods such as commerce, was constantly criticized.2011, Hizky Shoham, “Of Other Cinematic Spaces: Urban Zionism in Early Hebrew Cinema”, in Israel Studies Review, page 131. From the entry luftgeschaeft
  • The Turkish toilet is a glorified hole in the ground.2008, David Applefield, The Unofficial Guide to Paris, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 306. From the entry Turkish toilet
  • Voluntary thrift, embodied in industrial insurance, nurtured character, but social insurance was merely a glorified form of poor law legislation.1986, Roy Lubove, The Struggle for Social Security, 1900-1935. From the entry glorified
  • Going beyond the usual "appreciation stage" the fans glorify and deify their stars: Callas was "La Divina," Sutherland "La Stupenda."1981 December 5, Michael Bronski, “Coming (Out) to Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 6. From the entry claque
  • In the age of the glorified soaper (Kramer vs.1981 February 7, Michael Bronski, “Fassbinder On Terrorism”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 10. From the entry soaper
  • The greatest are not to be found in the ranks of those glorifying tyranny and German world hegemony.1944, Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government, page 265. From the entry Germany
  • Peabody & Company, of New York, makers of Domes of Silence, for the purpose of glorifying the insignificants of retailing.1924 June 5, August Belden, “Magnifying the Infusoria of Industry: Manufacturers of ‘Insignificants’ Find Ways to Bring Their Wares into…. From the entry insignificant
  • He glorifies and enormifies men until they no longer resemble men, and yet always are they devoid of life.1912, Alan Durward Mickle, The Dark Tower, page 91. From the entry enormify
  • The Creator's enoughness had been defiled by his creatures, and for the first time, something now existed on this planet that did not glorify him.2014, Matt Heard, Life With A Capital L, pages 140–141. From the entry enoughness
  • Nobody wanted to join the 'Cardigan Squad' – so-called because Child Protection officers were seen as woolly, glorified social workers that mopped up after domestics.2010, Harry Keeble, Baby X: Britain’s Child Abusers Brought to Justice, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry domestic
  • Here you'll also find Jyuguanglou, one of a number of monuments, buildings, and museums glorifying and memorializing the feats of Taiwan’s military against mainland China.2007, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 200, column 1. From the entry Jincheng
  • You should try to actually think about the things you quote, ESPECIALLY wackipedia, which you probably know is a glorified anonymous bulletin board.2006 November 16, "Institute for Journalism", “USA originated Nazism, Nazi salutes, robotic group-chanting to flags, and the modern…. From the entry Wackipedia
  • With the possible exception of Belgrade Gardens, all are best appreciated as linoleum-and-leatherette warhorses, glorified cafeterias that are long on value but short on decor.2004, John T. Edge, Fried Chicken: An American Story, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry leatherette
  • Since glory is as bonifiable as it is intelligible, the saints in glory are glorified as much through bonifying as through understanding.1985, Raymond Lulle, Anthony Bonner (traducteur), Selected works of Ramon Llul, Princeton University Press, page 1234. From the entry bonifiable
  • Is he to be taken as glorifying the cruel tyrant, the “beast of prey”, or did he have some less repulsive ideal?1973, Philippa Foot, “"Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values"”, in Robert C. Solomon, Garden City, New York, editors, Nietzsche: A…. From the entry beast of prey
  • If there is any feminist message in Nell becoming a glorified figure in the traditionally male-dominated field of highway robbery, it is worn very lightly indeed.2024 March 27, Lucy Mangan, “Renegade Nell review – Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland is beyond brilliant in Sally Wainwright’s new drama”, in…. From the entry dastardliness
  • That with us they may glorify Your all-honorable and majestic name: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever.2019 August 6, Fr. Joseph Irvin, The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Orthodox Service Books - Number 1, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN. From the entry number
  • We then drift back into our old habits, glorify efficiency, and smile knowingly at the mavericks within the faculty who want the administration to take democracy seriously.1947, Norman Burns, The Administration of Higher Institutions under Changing Conditions (Institute for Administrative Officers of Higher…. From the entry maverick
  • In which death I glorify myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind, that my riches which I had ordained to God be wasted and spent in foul things.1900 (original date: 1483), Jacobus (de Voragine), William Caxton, Frederick Startridge Ellis, The golden legend, or, Lives of the saints. From the entry belive

Meaning of glorify

  1. verb To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
  2. verb To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
  3. verb To worship or extol.

Full definition of glorify

Questions about glorify in a sentence

How do you use glorify in a sentence?
Glorify is used as a verb. For example: “Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.”
What is a short sentence with glorify?
“They sang hymns that glorified God.”
What does glorify mean?
Glorify means to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).

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