The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glory \Glo"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloried; p. pr. & vb. n. Glorying.] [OE. glorien, OF. glorier, fr. L. gloriari, fr. gloria glory. See Glory, n.]
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To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Glory ye in his holy name.
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To boast; to be proud.
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
--Gal. vi. 14No one . . . should glory in his prosperity.
--Richardson.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of glory English)
Usage examples of "glorying".
Her hands moved recklessly down his back, glorying in the rippling strength of his body, digging into the tensed muscles of his buttocks, seeking his hardened flesh, finding it, holding it.
And when the huge breakers came in their fives or sevens, bringing their own vicious thunder, she smiled triumphantly, glorying in the violent sea.
She held him with all her strength, glorying in the feeling of his arms holding her.
But you”—she brushed her mouth over Chance’s lips, glorying in the instant response she felt go through him—“you make me want you so much that I’m helpless.
She laughed softly and moved her hips against his body, glorying in his growl of response.
Whenever that happened, the brothers had looked at each other and laughed secretly, glorying in their power over their parents.
She smiled and slowly rubbed against him, glorying in the sexual need that made his face tight, dark, exciting.
Her hand moved slowly, measuring and pleasuring him in the same motion, glorying in the answering blaze of his eyes, all darkness gone.
She moved her mouth across his chest, caressing him with her lips and teeth and tongue, glorying in the throttled groan that she felt as much as heard.
But then that's a way of life, he thought, glorying in the sight of her.
When he awoke, he felt rested, for the first time refreshed, and he stayed without moving, glorying in the fact that he had stood up--with help yes but he had been on his feet and made a beginning, and that now, now he had a real ally.
I must have been insane to want a whore to substitute for the love of my life, he thought, glorying in her open warmth, wanting to blurt out about Shizuka, and beg her forgiveness.
Gently at first, then, as she responded, glorying further in her taste and welcome.
He freed her, not only allowing her to be herself, but glorying in the woman she was.
She was a female animal in his arms, grinding against him, feeling and glorying in the swollen response of his body, and hurting with the emptiness deep inside her.