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was glorying
  • past progressive of glory.

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"He was glorying in what he had done," Mr Aspden added.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021

Art, including his own, might even be mass-produced, he proclaimed�at a moment when American art was glorying in the notion of self-expression.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was playing as a cat plays with a mouse; he was glorying in his power.

From The Spirit of the Border by Grey, Zane

All nature was glorying in life, while the light breezes seemed to bring him distant messages.

From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph

His face beamed like that of some young student who was glorying in his first duel.

From Debts of Honor by Yolland, Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill)