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glory

/ˈɡloɹ.i/ verb C2
  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
  2. To boast; to be proud.

He/she/it glories · Past gloried · Past participle gloried · -ing form glorying

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Verb forms

Base form
glory
He/she/it
glories
Past
gloried
Past participle
gloried
-ing form
glorying

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“Because if you did not wear spectacles the brightness and glory of the Emerald City would blind you.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 62 · B2
These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 89 · B2
But in calling Moriarty a criminal you are uttering libel in the eyes of the law—and there lie the glory and the wonder of it!
The Valley of Fear, p. 2 · C1
But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1

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