glorious

Example Sentences

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"To finally do it, on a glorious sunny day, with a lovely green pitch, is a great relief."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

He also shows a surprising—and fatally unwise—humility when declining calls to become the Roman emperor, citing his age: “A better head her glorious body fits than his that shakes for age and feebleness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The season could end in glorious style for Bayern and Olise, with a treble still up for grabs.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë