glory
noun
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown.
had been glorying
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past perfect progressiveof glory.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Five minutes since he had been glorying in the risk of a barely saved situation; now that situation with its merely social complications had become a matter of small importance.
From The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston
