glory
noun
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown.
glories
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pluralof glory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof glory (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
glorynounvery great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown.
Example Sentences
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When Ratcliffe agreed on Christmas Eve 2023 to spend £1.25bn to buy a minority stake in Manchester United, his intention was to restore the ailing club to its past glories.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The team studied morning glories as part of a broader effort to understand how human-caused global change is shaping evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sometimes they featured celebrities recounting past glories or promoting their newest releases.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
From her earliest years, Emily thrilled to the austere glories of the landscape, with its great desolate stretches of rocky turf and rushing waterways all shaped and pummeled by winds that whistled and “wuthered.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
These glories were unimaginable—but the city was real.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
