glorify
verb (used with object)
to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
were glorifying
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past progressiveof glorify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Having a pint on the beachfront promenade, Sean Sutton and Maria Atkins, both 46-year-old leave voters, said they didn’t think they were glorifying the past.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2016
Few were glorifying his postprison life when he was sitting on the sidelines.
From Time ● Jan. 28, 2011
They were glorifying the human and exalting the natural.
From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles
The cry was taken up by battalion after battalion, and went echoing along—the splendid, hearty applause of men who were glorifying their own achievements as well.
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur
