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How to use glory in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Glory means great beauty and splendor. Example: “The astronaut's brother basked in the reflected glory of the successful mission.”

Examples of glory by meaning

nounGreat beauty and splendor.

  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891

nounThat quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

  • He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  • It is a question whether the glory of mankind can be added to or taken away from.1924, Grant Overton, The Thousand and First Night, George H. Doran Company, page 279
  • After all, politicians have been promising to return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century ever since I can remember.1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 3, in The Parable of the Sower

nounVictory; success.

  • But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport

verbTo exult with joy; to rejoice.

  • When the passion is extreme, suffering may actually be gloried in, provided it be for the ideal cause, death may lose its sting, the grave its victory.1902, William James, “Lectures 4 & 5”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London...

More sentences with glory

  • The astronaut's brother basked in the reflected glory of the successful mission.From the entry reflected
  • Researchers might get more glory, but lab techs keep the lab running.From the entry lab tech
  • The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.From the entry cover
  • His heart dilates and glories in his strength.From the entry dilate
  • The sermon's theme is that we are all fallen angels and should aspire to regain full glory in heaven.From the entry fallen angel
  • She quickly dressed for fear that someone would walk through the shower door and see her in all her glory.From the entry in all one's glory
  • The San Francisco 49ers had their glory days under Joe Montana and may be making a comeback under Alex Smith.From the entry glory days
  • The bud of the morning glory is contortuplicate.From the entry contortuplicate
  • Listen closely, we, the Gardanes, heard tell of the glory of the nation-kings, how those nobles performed deeds of valor!From the entry hear tell
  • To a man of honour a kick is noting, a blow is noting, de soul is de abode of glory, honour, pride.From the entry noting
  • Her hair is her crowning glory.From the entry crowning glory
  • He really only likes the club because they've won the past few years. He's just a glory hunter and has no interest in the club's history at all.From the entry glory hunter
  • The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.From the entry stagehand
  • Wintour, arguably the last link to the company’s glory years, will not be around forever.2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry conclave
  • Oh, you can scoff, Mr White, but you siblings that thirst for glory chase moonbeams.2021, Richard Woodman, A King's Cutter, page 27. From the entry chase moonbeams
  • There, in all his unkempt glory, stood Bruce Arians, the Gobblers’ backup quarterback for years.2021 February 5, Andy Bitter, “Bruce Arians’ Virginia Tech beginnings: Big hair, bartending and the wishbone”, in The Athletic, New York…. From the entry disheveledness
  • It’s the extended family in all its tangled, loving, exhausting glory.2020 February 10, David Brooks, “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake”, in The Atlantic. From the entry extended family
  • These buildings are from the time of different sulṭāns and are buildings of extreme grandeur and glory.2020, Shiblī Nuʿmānī, translated by Gregory Maxwell Bruce, Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue, Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University…. From the entry sulṭān
  • The debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, did not cover himself in glory either.2020 September 30, David Smith, “Donald Trump ensures first presidential debate is national humiliation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry cover oneself in glory
  • It’s like trying to describe the glory of the Lake District with a quadratic equation.2018 November 25, Kevin McKenna, “Remote island pub for sale ... just don’t expect a quiet life”, in The Guardian. From the entry quadratic equation
  • Mainly because I want to cry and see Patrochilles in all their glory!2018, Nkiya Machona, quoted in Curiositales, September 2018, page 82. From the entry Patrochilles
  • By sliding back the panel, Charles could reveal Nell in all her glory.2015, Don Jordan, Michael Walsh, The King's Bed: Sex, Power and the Court of Charles II. From the entry in all one's glory
  • Underneath that was a close-up of the back of my hair in all its omeletty glory.2015, Tamsyn Murray, Completely Cassidy, Star Reporter, London: Usborne Publishing, →ISBN, pages 169–170. From the entry omeletty
  • Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late!2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: Omega (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Gozu District. From the entry repent
  • One night of glory, not to much to ask,” Buffy says.2012, Valerie Estelle Frankel, “The Rewards of Growing Up”, in Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One…. From the entry prommy
  • Ephraim set about raising the money to restore Vatopaidi to its former glory.2010 October 1, Michael Lewis, “Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds”, in Vanity Fair. From the entry dunned
  • Rentokil was exposed as a business whose managers had underinvested to keep up with past glories.2009 January 17, Nils Pratley, “Nils Pratley on Saturday: How to change unjust deserts”, in The Guardian. From the entry underinvest
  • Sweet and pure, maple syrup epitomizes the Great White North in all its unspoiled glory.2007 March 26, Pamela Cuthbert, “The less sweet side of maple syrup”, in Macleans.ca, retrieved 15 Jun 2008. From the entry Great White North
  • But of all the extravagances that reflected the country’s new wealth and glory, Mr.2007 June 3, David Colman, “When in the Netherlands...”, in New York Times. From the entry handblown
  • It is simply one of the goals that people have, such as wealth, glory, or security.2007, William J. Morgan, Ethics in Sport, page 11. From the entry lusory
  • If this had been Noriega's old powerful glory days, my Jazzy could have ended up a dogsicle.2004, Cindy Adams, The Gift of Jazzy, page 220. From the entry dogsicle
  • It hides your icons so your desktop can be viewed in all its glory and splenditude.2004 October 18, Tim Thibeault, “Hereby *RESOLVED*...”, in alt.bad.clams (Usenet). From the entry splenditude
  • How glorious then art thou, when all their glory Is but a Paintery to thy bright story.2003, Edward Taylor (Daniel Patterson), Edward Taylor's Gods Determinations and Preparatory Meditations, →ISBN. From the entry paintery
  • Most often seen in older or historic gardens, dwarf morning glory (Convolvulus tricolor) forms a sprawling mound.2003, Southern Living, “No Longer in Morning”, in Southern Living 2003 Garden Annual, Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, →ISBN, “June”…. From the entry dwarf morning glory

Meaning of glory

  1. noun Great beauty and splendor.
  2. noun Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
  3. noun That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

Full definition of glory

Questions about glory in a sentence

How do you use glory in a sentence?
Glory is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The astronaut's brother basked in the reflected glory of the successful mission.”
What is a short sentence with glory?
“Her hair is her crowning glory.”
What does glory mean?
Glory means great beauty and splendor.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glory (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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