glory
noun
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown.
gloried
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past participleof glory.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof glory.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
glorynounvery great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown.
Example Sentences
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More accurately, she added, he was “a quintessential” man of the Renaissance, which gloried in the revival of not only art and literature but also science and explorations of nature.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
"I think the critics are looking backwards to a gloried past, and fail to see the strategic picture vis a vis China and technology in a really disappointing way," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2023
A 1964 Covina estate, where some descendants of the founder of the Singer sewing machine company liked to summer, gloried in a koi pond, an aviary and a 10-bed bomb shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
As D.C. suffered and then gloried in a few winning teams, Tom spoke for the fans, always.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
I think they gloried in my squalor as proof of my baseness.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
