Sentence examples for minor glory from inspiring English sources

While Allardyce brought minor glory to the club, many fans in recent years hankered for the flair, flamboyance and sheer attacking excitement of the Rioch era.

Leyland brought in a lefty, and so Joe Girardi countered by pinch-hitting A-Rod at the last minute, hustling him quickly out of purgatory for a shot at, if not redemption, than at least minor glory.

But he needed more support to push England out of a relative comfort zone, and Broad (three for 22) grabbed the minor late glory.

Then there are the so-called minor bulbs: glory-of-the-snow, scilla, fragrant grape hyacinths, adorable little species tulips like T. turkestanica and T. saxatilis.

And what was supposed to be Huntsville's moment of glory is increasingly becoming a minor national scandal.

Among those nations in with a sniff of glory are some more recognisable minor cricketing nations, such as Afghanistan and the Netherlands, but also Oman, Papua New Guinea and Jersey.

This past weekend I sat with my wife and my parents in the stands of a minor league baseball game, enjoying the small-town, Americana glory that is our national pastime.

D. Riddle, Up to the time the horse brought glory to his colors Riddle had been one of the minor figures in the racing world.

But transitions only rarely end in glory for the world's greatest athletes: Consider Michael Jordan's minor league efforts in baseball between periods ruling the world on the basketball court.

In some ways that particular verdict was a minor detail in Manning's personal saga, but signifies a certain amount of glory in the war for freedom of speech and information.

TAMPA, Fla .— Chien-Ming Wang was back in a Yankees cap working out at their minor league complex Monday, attempting to reclaim at least a small portion of the glory he carved out in a different era.