glorious
Example Sentences
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Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
Palmer, meanwhile, delivered a lively cameo in which he fashioned a glorious chance which substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin somehow headed wide from six yards, and then set up Ben White's goal with a corner.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
California the magnificent, California the glorious, was slipping away, disappearing into smog, covered over by concrete.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"As female comedians, especially if you've been performing on stage, we just have to be so prepared and it's been glorious to watch her be so prepared even at this stage of her career."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“Hey, Fred?” said Dozer as they walked side by side into the bright sunshine of another glorious day.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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