Example Sentences

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A debate has emerged in Australia about whether overweight models who appear on the catwalk are glorifying obesity.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2017

Even when he crosses swords with us his thoughts are not as our thoughts; when we both glorify war we are glorifying different things.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various

But, if you believe in process rather than in person, you will see your passions as part of the process and glorify them when you think you are glorifying the nature of the universe.

From Essays on Art by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)

We are glorifying ourselves to-day, and whenever the name of Harvard is emphatically uttered on such days, frantic cheers go up.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

We are glorifying the wrong people; at least, most of us are.

From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by Milligan, George