Glory
noun
High praise, honor, or admiration because of an achievement.
The team basked in the glory of their victory.
Often appears as...
- bask in glory
- hunt for glory
noun
The beauty or brilliant radiance that is associated with divine things.
The morning sun rose in all its glory.
Often appears as...
- morning glory
- reflect glory
noun
A state of great joy or satisfaction.
She looked at her newborn with glory.
Often appears as...
- feel glory
- see glory
verb
Take great pleasure or pride in something.
He gloried in his achievement.
Often appears as...
- glory in achievement
- glory in victory
interjection
Expressing surprise or joy.
Glory! That was a close one.
Often appears as...
- glory be!
- glory me!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
High praise, honor, or admiration because of an achievement.
The team basked in the glory of their victory.
Often appears as...
- bask in glory
- hunt for glory
noun
The beauty or brilliant radiance that is associated with divine things.
The morning sun rose in all its glory.
Often appears as...
- morning glory
- reflect glory
noun
A state of great joy or satisfaction.
She looked at her newborn with glory.
Often appears as...
- feel glory
- see glory
verb
Take great pleasure or pride in something.
He gloried in his achievement.
Often appears as...
- glory in achievement
- glory in victory
interjection
Expressing surprise or joy.
Glory! That was a close one.
Often appears as...
- glory be!
- glory me!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Achievement Context
Use 'glory' to emphasize the honor of someone's achievements, often after hard work or significant success.
She retired from athletics, but her records keep her glory alive.
Pro Tip 2/2Shared Glory
'Glory' can imply shared admiration when describing a group's accomplishments, like a winning sports team.
The squad shared the glory of their championship win.
Pro Tip 1/2Achievement Context
Use 'glory' to emphasize the honor of someone's achievements, often after hard work or significant success.
She retired from athletics, but her records keep her glory alive.
Pro Tip 2/2Shared Glory
'Glory' can imply shared admiration when describing a group's accomplishments, like a winning sports team.
The squad shared the glory of their championship win.
Pro Tip 1/2Achievement Context
Use 'glory' to emphasize the honor of someone's achievements, often after hard work or significant success.
She retired from athletics, but her records keep her glory alive.
Pro Tip 2/2Shared Glory
'Glory' can imply shared admiration when describing a group's accomplishments, like a winning sports team.
The squad shared the glory of their championship win.
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Want interstellar...
have to be able to get beyond that fear keeps us from doing stuff we're afraid that we may fail but all of those things keep us from taking these risks and I think one of the biggest ones is also looking back we look back to the greatest generation right we look back to the glory days of
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What makes a language......
Each has its own unique history and characteristic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. But the dividing line between varieties is murky. Human language, in all its cross-pollinating, ever-evolving glory, naturally resists the impulse to sort it into neat buckets.
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Be humble -- and other...
it is so much more satisfying to promote the success and glory of others. It taught me that, instead of doing things where I can get ahead, it so much more fulfilling and meaningful to help other people overcome their challenges so they can succeed. With a humble mindset,
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Charmian Gooch: Meet...
Now, he really loved to issue presidential decrees. And one renamed the months of the year including after himself and his mother. He spent millions of dollars creating a bizarre personality cult, and his crowning glory was the building
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A day in the life of a...
As he helps in the task, he can’t help wondering whether the bones he handles belonged to someone he knew. Several times he wants to weep aloud, but he pushes on with the task. The glory of the Empire can go to the crows.
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Inside the mind of a...
about their dreams for such a life. Victims of these two young boys, sleeping rough on the ground, looking up at the stars, cynically exploited by their leaders for their personal lust for glory and power.
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Everything you need to...
in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line, "Life and death appear to me ideal bounds which I should first break through
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
about how we can make the world a better place. Ladies and gentlemen, I do not stand here today to tell you about the glory of weapons. I do not like guns.
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A Riveting Encounter...
they are quite rare you hear them more often than you see them but just seeing an adult male in the road in its full glory was something I thought I would
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Unbelievable Bird...
they are mayflies their moment of glory lasts just three
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Want interstellar...
have to be able to get beyond that fear keeps us from doing stuff we're afraid that we may fail but all of those things keep us from taking these risks and I think one of the biggest ones is also looking back we look back to the greatest generation right we look back to the glory days of
Video examples
What makes a language......
Each has its own unique history and characteristic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. But the dividing line between varieties is murky. Human language, in all its cross-pollinating, ever-evolving glory, naturally resists the impulse to sort it into neat buckets.
Video examples
Be humble -- and other...
it is so much more satisfying to promote the success and glory of others. It taught me that, instead of doing things where I can get ahead, it so much more fulfilling and meaningful to help other people overcome their challenges so they can succeed. With a humble mindset,
Video examples
Charmian Gooch: Meet...
Now, he really loved to issue presidential decrees. And one renamed the months of the year including after himself and his mother. He spent millions of dollars creating a bizarre personality cult, and his crowning glory was the building
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
As he helps in the task, he can’t help wondering whether the bones he handles belonged to someone he knew. Several times he wants to weep aloud, but he pushes on with the task. The glory of the Empire can go to the crows.
Video examples
Inside the mind of a...
about their dreams for such a life. Victims of these two young boys, sleeping rough on the ground, looking up at the stars, cynically exploited by their leaders for their personal lust for glory and power.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line, "Life and death appear to me ideal bounds which I should first break through
Video examples
Peter van Uhm: Why I...
about how we can make the world a better place. Ladies and gentlemen, I do not stand here today to tell you about the glory of weapons. I do not like guns.
Video examples
A Riveting Encounter...
they are quite rare you hear them more often than you see them but just seeing an adult male in the road in its full glory was something I thought I would
Video examples
Unbelievable Bird...
they are mayflies their moment of glory lasts just three
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Quote examples
Norman Cousins
American Author
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
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Freeman Dyson
American Physicist
I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.
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Nick Mancuso
Italian Actor
The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory.
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Jimmy Snuka
Fijian Wrestler
I'm not a glory guy about anything. I just wanted to work to support my family.
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Adnan Sami
Pakistani Musician
I'm grateful to God that I'm able to praise his glory through my music.
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Mark Manson
American Author
Be motivated by something beyond simply money or glory.
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Thomas a Kempis
German Clergyman
How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
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Albert Pujols
Dominican Athlete
My life's goal is to bring glory to Jesus.
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Marcus Valerius Martial
Spanish Poet
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
Quote examples
Freeman Dyson
American Physicist
I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.
Quote examples
Nick Mancuso
Italian Actor
The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory.
Quote examples
Jimmy Snuka
Fijian Wrestler
I'm not a glory guy about anything. I just wanted to work to support my family.
Quote examples
Adnan Sami
Pakistani Musician
I'm grateful to God that I'm able to praise his glory through my music.
Quote examples
Mark Manson
American Author
Be motivated by something beyond simply money or glory.
Quote examples
Thomas a Kempis
German Clergyman
How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
Quote examples
Albert Pujols
Dominican Athlete
My life's goal is to bring glory to Jesus.
Quote examples
Marcus Valerius Martial
Spanish Poet
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
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