Example Sentences

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Over the last few years, the teams of the Premier League — alongside a cadre of continental superclubs — have gloried in recruiting as many of the best players on the planet as possible.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021

The final accolade of Wiggins's golden year was preceded by honours that equally summarised the sporting months we have gloried in and gawped at. once again made the impossible look commonplace.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2012

There is, perhaps, no precedent for such a stock sale, but you have gloried in trodding unchartered paths.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each individual might have gloried in standing aloof,—in hiding his face beneath his toga, and in remembering that Rome did once exist in her splendour.

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony

As we have shared in the toils, so we have gloried in the triumphs, of our country.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson