glorify
verb (used with object)
to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
is glorifying
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present progressiveof glorify (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Might it trigger those already worried he is glorifying the rich?
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
“I wouldn’t pay to see it … I think the movie is glorifying him,” Davis said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2015
In her review for the Observer, Kitty Empire wondered whether the "trigger-happy" 50-year-old is "glorifying firearms".
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012
You might argue that the trigger-happiness is quintessential Americana; that Madonna is glorifying firearms with the irrepressible brio of a born-again New Yorker showing her former Notting Hill neighbours how the west was won.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2012
The Scriptures contain the most abundant and full representations of the excellence of his character and administration, and the confession of which, in an adoring frame of mind, is glorifying to him.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
