glory
noun
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown.
had gloried
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past perfectof glory.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Days before we left, his gray parrot, who every summer for three years had gloried in sitting in the apple tree each morning, flew away.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2018
Privileged women had gloried in the title of “lady” and traded any potential claim to independence for support, protection, refinement, and exemption from physical labor.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Almost immediately, the stations and other media outlets that had gloried in the trick went all Edward R. Murrow.
From Newsweek ● Dec. 10, 2012
He had gloried in being an outcast, in suffering for the Cause.
From The Hippodrome by Rachel Hayward
Sentiments such as these increased the indignation of Susan's critics, but she gloried in the output of her two courageous editors just as she had gloried in the evangelistic zeal of the antislavery crusaders.
From Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Alma Lutz
