glimpse

How To Use glimpse In A Sentence

• This reverse ekphrasis, with its glimpsed, illegible text, hints at the hidden world of the silent reader. The Times Literary Supplement
• He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror.
• We take a sightseeing boat trip around the bay and get a glimpse of the smart new opera house which looks exactly like two durians - a very distinctive local fruit that tastes great but has a repellant smell.
• The car is still in its early days yet it has already given glimpses of its potential.
• They glimpsed each other across grocery counters and in the forced intimacy of domestic service now gone out of style.
• As he wheeled once more she caught a glimpse of his face, almost indistinguishable beneath the mask of dirt and blood.
• Some of the witnesses (those weariest among the number) even claimed to have caught a glimpse of that place. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
• I catch a glimpse of a celeb in heavy makeup and not enough clothes.
• Others in his career had already glimpsed his fiery temper. Times, Sunday Times
• From the river cruise the docklands look like docklands everywhere; tourists finally at rest, not quite bored, get brief glimpses into other lives, other spaces.