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
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
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
They’re revived — buzzing, even; at the glorious point in the caffeinated beverage where everything is beautiful, nothing hurts and at least one of them feels like a creative genius.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Bright sunlight poured into the hall, and in that moment it was the most glorious thing Ekon had ever seen.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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