Sentence examples for passing glory from inspiring English sources

Its librarians made every effort to gather the whole of Greek literature, driven by a sense of its passing glory, to catalog it, to establish accurate texts and, ultimately, to come to some decisions about which works mattered most.

He passed up a tryout with the CBA's Connecticut Pride to take a speaking role in the made-for-television film Passing Glory (which James directed), but later admitted that he regretted the decision.

Now he returns to the subject of basketball (for the first time since "Passing Glory" in 1999) and to his hometown with "NO CROSSOVER: THE TRIAL OF ALLEN IVERSON" (8 p.m. Tuesday), the latest installment in ESPN's consistently interesting "30 for 30" series of documentaries.

There have been many thorough and illuminating accounts of the period – from M Willson Disher and Michael Booth, among others – but none quite so vivid or as evocative as this irresistible compendium of the foibles and passing glories of the stage.

He will also be considered as a faithful reporter of his era, one of those writers who live fixedly in their own time, paying a kind of rueful but affectionate attention to its idiosyncrasies, its foibles, and its passing glories.

Thus passes the glory of the world.

So passes the glory of the Euros.

But what has passed in glory will shine throughout the ages!

Many years ago, my husband and I saw scrawled on a ruined castle in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco the words "Sic transit gloria mundi" – so passes the glory of the world.

This is what passes for glory at the moment at Easter Road.

According to Alexa, How Stuff Works has passed its glory days of popularity, having peaked in 2005 and declined in traffic since then, however the site still ranks in the top 2000 sites online.