The phrase "a thing of glory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is magnificent, admirable, or worthy of praise.
Example: "The sunset over the mountains was truly a thing of glory, captivating everyone who witnessed it."
Alternatives: "a sight to behold" or "a marvel to admire".
It's a performance for the ages; a thing of fierce glory.
Reilly's international career was also a thing of rare glory, encompassing 22 goals in 38 matches, a record which would have been even more impressive but for enforced retirement in 1958 at the age of 29 with a knee injury and consequent arthritis.
The film, which follows a land girl, a British soldier and US sergeant as they make a modern-day pilgrimage towards Canterbury, is "a thing of such fragile, broken glory, like some tubercular saint, that I hate the thought of people laughing at it", said Xan. "The most loving and tender film about England ever made".
Le Miramar Like Restaurant Michel, Miramar, with a Michelin star, disappoints, its glory days a thing of the past.
Unemployment figures are up, Dépardieu has fled Gallic coasts on account of burdensome taxes, globalization is wreaking havoc, and national glory seems a thing of the past.
Why do we cling on to buildings, fighting to keep them when their original glory is a thing of the distant past?
With football's traditional cycles a thing of the past, Sharp suspects only money can restore the glory days to either team.
And, particularly when the kids who don't shine in the classroom get a chance to show off in some other arena, I reckon that affording them a moment of glory is an admirable thing.
Like many great things, OutWeek went out in a blaze of glory in June of '91, stirring still more scandals while also at the center of a financial power struggle too complicated to go into here but which brought it to an abrupt end.
"Obviously there was a lot of glory on the way there, but we're all looking to win the whole thing.
