Used in a Sentence

glory

How to use glory in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for glory.

Editorial note

WM6 was a little bit better, but it still was a pretty bad WinCE fork, with all the glory of the Win32 Api.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of glory gathered in one view.

noun

a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

noun

brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"

noun

an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for glory.

noun

a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

verb

rejoice proudly

Example sentences

1

WM6 was a little bit better, but it still was a pretty bad WinCE fork, with all the glory of the Win32 Api.

2

Then, after your post, people I've known for a long time accused me of making the entire thing up for a "shot at glory.

3

For all of the glory of the malleable video game, a descent novel would have twice the depth and ten times the perceived diversity.

4

Gerstner succeeded not because he tried to return IBM to its former glory but because he saw a value in the individual components of IBM that no one had seen before.

5

I really believed that my math abilities had slipped significantly since my glory days and continued with this perception for several months......until I picked up some stuff that I'd thought was hard in college.

6

Big lumps of money, that seem imaginary to them are dangled in front of their eyes, and they're introduced to former gladiators that have attained fame and glory and were able to buy their freedom, all for the purpose of encouraging the gladiators to fight to the death.

7

It seems that in our industry it is universally a code word for "We're about to exploit you because the project is understaffed and under budgeted for time and that is exactly as we planned it so you'd better cowboy up."Maybe it is different if you're writing Quake, but I guarantee you the 43rd best selling game that year also had programmers "encouraged onwards" by tales of the glory that awaited after the death march.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use glory in a sentence?

WM6 was a little bit better, but it still was a pretty bad WinCE fork, with all the glory of the Win32 Api.

What does glory mean?

a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

What part of speech is glory?

glory is commonly used as noun, verb.