Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with glory in American Collocation
glory
noun
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈɡlɔri/
because of someone else’s success
reflected
She was still basking in the reflected glory of her husband’s success.
personal
personal
They are both very involved in my success but neither of them is trying to get any personal glory out of it.
bring glory
bring
I recall being amazed at the hardships the climbers endured to bring glory to France.
get glory
cover yourself in/with
get
take
He has hardly covered himself in glory during his few matches this season.
Someone else may get all the glory, but you’ll learn an invaluable lesson.
enjoy glory
bask in
revel in
The town was basking in the glory of winning the ‘best-kept town or village’ competition.
blaze
She decided to go out in a blaze of glory.