glorified
Example Sentences
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What it meant was that the 1-0 win - Harry Kane the goalscorer again - came from effectively a glorified training session carried out under the guise of international football.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
All told, the Angels are a glorified minor league team with no apparent vision and no obvious hope for the future and not worth the money at any price.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
TVs desperately need to command customers’ attention at home, and not just as glorified speakers for podcasts that play in the background.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
It was a lukewarm glorified sausage McMuffin but did the trick on an 8 a.m. flight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
