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glimpse
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  • It was dusk when I got my first glimpse of it off in the distance, beyond a ridge.   (source)
  • Men pressed their faces to the windows to catch their first glimpse of what all of those B-29s had done.   (source)
    glimpse = quick look
  • The hint of what was concealed in those shadows terrified me, but I caught sight of something in the glimpse, some forbidden and elemental riddle that was no less compelling than the sweet, hidden petals of a woman's sex.   (source)
    glimpse = quick look or partial understanding
  • Winnie caught just a glimpse of it as it scissored away from shore.   (source)
    glimpse = quick view
  • A small mirror was mounted inside my locker door, and I caught a glimpse of my virtual self as I closed it.   (source)
    glimpse = quick look
  • I caught a glimpse of myself next to Marlee and Tiny.   (source)
    glimpse = quick view
  • I just get a glimpse of Peeta, lit by a torch, heading back to the girl by the fire.†   (source)
  • As the bus pulled away from the intersection, Roy hoped to catch another glimpse of the boy farther up the street.†   (source)
  • As he passed the door to the living room, Harry caught a glimpse of Uncle Vernon and Dudley in bow ties and dinner jack ets.†   (source)
  • She stared at the sky, and we all looked up, wondering if she'd caught a glimpse of Mary climbing through the clouds.†   (source)
  • There she was — my last glimpse of that beautiful child — waiting.†   (source)
  • Beneath it there are glimpses of scalp, the greyish pink of mice feet.†   (source)
  • He caught a glimpse of something, then lost it.†   (source)
  • I'm about to snap at him that it's his fault, not mine, when I catch a glimpse of Genevieve gliding down the hallway.†   (source)
  • After half a year of study, Ye saw no glimpse of hope.†   (source)
  • As the fish spun on the line, I glimpsed into its eyes, and then grabbed it by the tail and smashed its head against a rock.†   (source)
  • "Yes," agreed the Count, "and a glimpse of things to come.†   (source)
  • "I have glimpsed the creature's fate.†   (source)
  • If there is any temptation to judge these problems as the narrow concern of backwoods hollers, a glimpse at my own life reveals that Jackson's plight has gone mainstream.†   (source)
  • No, I only glimpsed it.†   (source)
  • As the three of them left the shop, Johann caught a brief glimpse of Martin.†   (source)
  • She'd talk about old times with her friends, and every glimpse she'd get of them, she'd come and tell me about it.†   (source)
  • There it was again—the smallest glimpse at his past.†   (source)
  • Through a tear in the tarpaulin I glimpsed the night sky.†   (source)
  • A moment of clarity during which God could be glimpsed.†   (source)
  • She caught one last glimpse of New Pretty Town receding behind them.†   (source)
  • The prosecution also presented testimony from a police officer who got a "glimpse" of an African American youth running from the victim's house after he observed Joe Sullivan at the police station being interrogated as the suspect in the sexual assault.†   (source)
  • I get glimpses of it every so often—the Dauntless cheering when I jumped off the building, the net of arms that caught me after zip lining—but they are not enough.†   (source)
  • He leaned forward to shut the door, and the Baudelaire orphans were too overcome with despair to get a last glimpse of Mr. Poe.†   (source)
  • I liked the breath of foreign air, the close-up glimpses of lives far removed from my own.†   (source)
  • And then, out of the corner of his eye, Luke caught a glimpse of something behind one window of the Sports Family's house.†   (source)
  • Because S.Q. had glimpsed the note, Milligan had chosen to be caught.†   (source)
  • People nearby catch a glimpse of tiny cinnamon-colored ears and two peppercorn eyes peering out of the basket.†   (source)
  • One glimpse of the revolver in Sarge's shoulder holster, and the man was gone.†   (source)
  • As the car stopped, I caught a glimpse of a large Japanese maple tree and three figures sitting near it in the driveway, a young man and a middleaged woman flanking a small old man in a wheelchair.†   (source)
  • As they moved through the grayness Meg caught an occasional glimpse of slaglike rocks, but there were no traces of trees or bushes, nothing but flat ground under their feet, no sign of any vegetation at all.†   (source)
  • I kept my eyes locked on the gazing ball so I would only glimpse Medusa's reflection, not the real thing.†   (source)
  • I glimpse around, pick them up.†   (source)
  • Grant had a glimpse of its toothy beak and the furry body.†   (source)
  • I stared at my brother, whom I had glimpsed only a few times in two years.†   (source)
  • Her face hadn't been much better when she glimpsed it in the washroom mirror.†   (source)
  • My eyes followed the brown dusty path that continued down the hill to the thick forest, through which I caught a glimpse of the thatched and tin roofs of the village.†   (source)
  • I catch a glimpse of the gun at his belt.†   (source)
  • Once, when it was almost too dark to see the basket, I caught just a glimpse of her—standing at the edge of total darkness.†   (source)
  • The streetlights were on, and we glimpsed Calpurnia's indignant profile as we passed beneath them.†   (source)
  • The lane isn't familiar until I glimpse the barn.†   (source)
  • They can glimpse it on the far side of the river.†   (source)
  • From atop its walls, one can catch a glimpse of Africa.†   (source)
  • There were glimpses, though, little peeks behind the curtain that told you something had gone very wrong.†   (source)
  • As I had to do whenever I glimpsed this river, I thought of Phineas.†   (source)
  • Again, I kept passing out, only catching glimpses of what was going on and bits of frantic conversation.†   (source)
  • A glimpse of blackout blinds in a window across the way, the Ford 8 on its blocks, perhaps.†   (source)
  • At first she's a glimpse, caught her going between the van and the front door, talking to the beards.†   (source)
  • She turned from Dodge Anders and glimpsed her reflection in a looking glass.†   (source)
  • You know, at first glimpse I wouldn't say you look that much like Herman, but now that I look at you I suppose you do.†   (source)
  • It might be the last glimpse of the sun I'll ever see.†   (source)
  • Thanks to her, I was able to see a glimpse of the future.†   (source)
  • I thought …. maybe we could get a glimpse of that lake.†   (source)
  • Everyone else had glimpsed the future and it was loud.†   (source)
  • Rebecca came up with this exercise to give us a real glimpse of what we were up against.†   (source)
  • Emma and I ran back to help, and as we took her arms I turned to look behind us, hoping to catch a glimpse of the creature.†   (source)
  • At first she could barely glimpse the stocks.†   (source)
  • He poked his head through the reeds, not all  the way through, just enough for the guys to catch a glimpse of a hideous head covered with black slime.†   (source)
  • Sometimes, when I felt brave, I hopped out of bed and ran to the window so I could catch a glimpse of Father.†   (source)
  • He glimpses himself quickly in a mirror in the foyer, smoothing his hair and his tie.†   (source)
  • Then Pedro's eyes beheld a sight he had only glimpsed before through her clothing: Tita's breasts.†   (source)
  • Just before one-thirty in the morning, the plane broke out of the clouds, and the flight crew glimpsed lights off in the distance.†   (source)
  • They might glimpse his feet if he tried to swing by.†   (source)
  • I catch a glimpse of his condom bowl, which brings back another uneasy Thanksgiving memory.†   (source)
  • The momentary glimpses of him made Cinder's heart feel soothed, rather than injured.†   (source)
  • Ralph bent back his head and glimpsed Roger's dark face at the top.†   (source)
  • Her glimpse of me had been too brief, and her mind had been on other things.†   (source)
  • He turned to the side to straighten the remaining unused logs and caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of his eye.†   (source)
  • Out of the corner of her eye she glimpsed Gitl.†   (source)
  • Montag had only a glimpse, before Faber, seeing Montag's attention diverted, turned quickly and shut the bedroom door and stood holding the knob with a trembling hand.†   (source)
  • I kept glancing over my shoulder as I ran, expecting him to swoop down on me, but there was no sign of him on the way home, not a glimpse or a smell or a sound.†   (source)
  • Watching HeLa cells divide on a screen, Davidson wrote, "was like a glimpse at immortality."†   (source)
  • I have a throng of admirers who can't keep their adoring eyes off me and who sometimes have to resort to using a broken pocket mirror to try and catch a glimpse of me in the classroom.†   (source)
  • He's staring silently down at the floor and as much as I try not to, I see glimpses of my daddy.†   (source)
  • I allowed myself another stealthy glimpse in the girl's direction.†   (source)
  • Then you had to look at the ground sideways to see if you could catch a glimpse of the gold stems of the chanterelle.†   (source)
  • I catch a glimpse of myself in the hallway mirror.†   (source)
  • It was my first glimpse of it since Halton.†   (source)
  • She tries to get a glimpse of his face again—there is almost a dance happening here.†   (source)
  • For a moment she caught a glimpse of the grand hallway where she had, until recently, been a prisoner.†   (source)
  • When Lourdes glimpses Belky, her knees buckle.†   (source)
  • I barely catch glimpses of houses in the brown hills in the distance.†   (source)
  • Just a glimpse, and then it was blotted out by a rising fold of land.†   (source)
  • The other girls whispered to each other as they glimpsed me.†   (source)
  • Well, it wasn't—it was a rug, or whatever it was, but my glimpses of the other things it might be were exhausting.†   (source)
  • All at once I caught a glimpse of nonwhite faces—my people serving food behind the counter.†   (source)
  • Underneath, he glimpsed the farm and the Anora River.†   (source)
  • And the fruits—mango, guava, avocado—these we had barely glimpsed before, in the big Kroger store in Atlanta, yet now the trees reach right down and deliver such exotic prizes straight into our hands!†   (source)
  • He caught a glimpse of me and didn't look entirely pleased.†   (source)
  • I glimpsed tatters of cloth—her clothes?†   (source)
  • I caught a glimpse of… the blood on the wall.†   (source)
  • I caught a glimpse of Jessica and Mike dancing, staring at me curiously.†   (source)
  • My love, Your sister, Nettie It was the funniest thing to stop over in Monrovia after my first glimpse of Africa, which was Senegal.†   (source)
  • After she had sorted Michael out on the bench, Leigh Anne sensed she had glimpsed another little sliver of his childhood.†   (source)
  • He saw Fanny, then glimpsed Powell's unforgettable rugged face and burning eyes.†   (source)
  • We sat there and watched the rest of the show, catching glimpses of Cass again and again, but never for as long.†   (source)
  • Holmes promised stirring views of Englewood, perhaps even a glimpse of Jackson Park off to the east, where the buildings of the fair soon would begin to rise.†   (source)
  • Then, if you're like me, you'll start looking for glimpses of the familiar: hey, that kind of feels like something I know.†   (source)
  • She saw glimpses of Francis in modest living rooms, amber-lit, and in kitchens, the occasional amusement park.†   (source)
  • A: It was just a moment, just a glimpse ….†   (source)
  • As she turned to go, Baby Suggs caught a glimpse of something dark on the bed sheet.†   (source)
  • Through the window I caught a glimpse of Tine standing in the crowd.†   (source)
  • We started off reasonably slowly, and I got my first glimpse of the base.†   (source)
  • But I got barely a glimpse of J. Fred Muggs before a snowball hit the living-room window.†   (source)
  • It's just a momentary glimpse.†   (source)
  • It offers a glimpse of what's hidden behind this huge blank facade.†   (source)
  • I peer down in time to catch a glimpse of the taillights of a pink car disappear into the darkness.†   (source)
  • In a glimpse, I saw Fuentes and Winky with their arms in the air, shouting in delight.†   (source)
  • Near the park exit, I crouch, peering back into the darkness, then east, where I catch broken glimpses of the headlights as the car circles the perimeter, moving toward the exit.†   (source)
  • Fleeting glimpses.†   (source)
  • His gaze wandered to the window, as if he could catch a glimpse there of those long-forgotten, happier days.†   (source)
  • They spun lazily in the warm breeze, tempting honest ration-buyers with glimpses of ripe, naked women lying in pools of fake blood.†   (source)
  • All I need is one glimpse of him.†   (source)
  • He caught a glimpse of stacked boxes, tangled wiring.†   (source)
  • As I drew up to it, I was encouraged further to glimpse a Bentley through the open doors of a garage attached to the main house.†   (source)
  • Robbee wrote in her email: "You can never know how much that glimpse of you made my day, reminding me of what life is all about."†   (source)
  • Now they belonged to no one; they were downgraded into stacks and heaps of objects, they were roughly handled, and only occasionally, when I was carrying an armful of underclothes, did the faint scent of someone's favourite perfume rise from them very delicately, like a memory, or I might glimpse coloured monograms on a white background for a moment.†   (source)
  • He even thought that he glimpsed a young buck emerging out of a dark glade in the forest, but on second look it was gone.†   (source)
  • I long to see him, to catch a glimpse of his handsome face.†   (source)
  • You want to catch another glimpse of him before you go to sleep?†   (source)
  • Even at a glimpse I recognized it as mine.†   (source)
  • The more I visit, the more I catch glimpses of this darker Nathaniel.†   (source)
  • But I only know that from the glimpses of him coming home or going back out, always in a pretend hurry.†   (source)
  • All at once, in the large mirror on the back wall, he caught a glimpse of Fermina Daza sitting at a table with her husband and two other couples, at an angle that allowed him to see her reflected in all her splendor.†   (source)
  • It was difficult to see through the shifting mass of uniforms, but Glass caught a flash of suit sleeve, a glimpse of gray hair, and the glint of metal.†   (source)
  • Few glimpse it and live.†   (source)
  • — That conjures up a glimpse of the ruins of an ancient Mogul palace near the desert where out of the corner of his eye he saw a wild rosebush — .†   (source)
  • Was I really going to get a glimpse into the throne room of heaven?†   (source)
  • Our first glimpse of baby Grogie," Jenny said, beaming at me.†   (source)
  • He caught a glimpse of her through the interstices of raspberry canes before she emerged in front of her porch with one hand knotting her hair at her neck and the bucket dangling from the other.†   (source)
  • Oh well, a tiny glimpse will suffice anyway …†   (source)
  • THEY SPOKE QUIETLY under the clouds, glimpsing occasionally a gash of moon or of darkness, and otherwise seeing ripples and churns of city-lit gray.†   (source)
  • What harm can a little glimpse do?†   (source)
  • He wandered the house, checking locks, staring out windows for any glimpse of the thing that stalked them.†   (source)
  • Out of desperation, I suppose, hoping to catch a glimpse of the girls.†   (source)
  • He cried his heart out down the aisles of the coach, and pressed his little-boy body against the window pane looking for a last glimpse of his Mother Dear.†   (source)
  • Just a glimpse, after Felix started screaming.†   (source)
  • On this trip, most of what he saw of old Havana he glimpsed through the windows of Dr. Pérez's Lada.†   (source)
  • Blomkvist caught a glimpse of Isabella Vanger in the back seat.†   (source)
  • The nuns I glimpsed were robed and ghostly figures I wanted no part of Culturally we were like those Jews who observe certain traditions but never visit a synagogue.†   (source)
  • I watched, and all at once through the hedgerows I caught a glimpse of movement and things flashing.†   (source)
  • For a moment it was something else--something I was glimpsing for the first time--the cold tiles, the draft that moved about me, the nice solid fact that someday I was going to end up in a coffin myself.†   (source)
  • He was giving me a glimpse into his private world.†   (source)
  • When he displayed his badge, she was amused; her lips parted, and Nye glimpsed two rows of fake teeth.†   (source)
  • He caught a glimpse of her as she slipped into a room behind the bench, and he hurdled the bar to follow her but felt someone grab his sleeve.†   (source)
  • I sat silently on the horse, shivering, frantic for a glimpse of Mahtob.†   (source)
  • Once we caught a glimpse of Little Ann as she darted across an opening that was bathed in moonlight.†   (source)
  • I'll show you a glimpse into my life.†   (source)
  • —had left her prey to ambiguities whose power she had never glimpsed before.†   (source)
  • But on a snowless day like this, the moose sprinted far ahead as Sa', gasping for breath, barely caught a glimpse of his large hind-end disappearing behind the brush.†   (source)
  • Sometimes we were able to get a glimpse of him in his garden, but that was all.†   (source)
  • For an instant I caught a glimpse of her tiptoeing away from a tree.†   (source)
  • For a part of a second I glimpsed my mother and my sisters moving away to the right.†   (source)
  • Good-bye, in-flight glimpses of a soul, aching, and dreams, fractured, injuries only death could cure.†   (source)
  • But then I accidentally caught a glimpse of the little boy in the bed, who was still looking at me.†   (source)
  • For the first time, I catch a tiny glimpse of the burden the Augurs must live with.†   (source)
  • I caught a glimpse of the supervisor backing off, saying she'd have to decline his offer but she had further rounds to make.†   (source)
  • Jahrling opened the folder slightly, just enough to give C. J. a glimpse of spaghetti, and snapped it shut.†   (source)
  • In snatches of conversation she got a glimpse of the boys' isolation from the new world around them and their desire to connect.†   (source)
  • He had never even glimpsed her.†   (source)
  • I got a glimpse of it last night when we came.†   (source)
  • There were no windows in the hall, and we didn't meet anyone else (even though I kept peeking nervously around, imagining my first glimpse of vampyre kids).†   (source)
  • I wanted to glimpse our future.†   (source)
  • She turned her head stealthily for a last glimpse of the portico where a laughing girl tossed a ball to a young fellow on the terrace below.†   (source)
  • Perhaps a figure glimpsed passing along the hallway.†   (source)
  • She probably hoped that by standing there she might catch a glimpse of her family hurrying past.†   (source)
  • All we got a glimpse of were the strange papier-mache creatures they were preparing.†   (source)
  • The horses provided a sort of moving platform, allowing glimpses into other people's privacy.†   (source)
  • When Newt risked a glimpse, all he saw was millions of fluttering bugs.†   (source)
  • Rath was dazzled by her first glimpses of the city's clean avenues and gleaming high-rises, including at the time the world's tallest twin buildings; it seemed safe and welcoming.†   (source)
  • Oh, no. Only glimpse it.†   (source)
  • Just a glimpse, then gone.†   (source)
  • She slowed down and Puller focused on the stretch of houses he'd glimpsed the other night.†   (source)
  • It gave me a glimpse—just a glimpse—of why he was so good at what he did.†   (source)
  • And then, through the crowd, I glimpsed my parents.†   (source)
  • Glimpses of snowfields flitted high overhead like hope, and Mortenson felt his mood lifting.†   (source)
  • "Damn," Lorenzo muttered as he caught a glimpse of the MIT team.†   (source)
  • The American public never glimpsed this rift.†   (source)
  • The trees grew close together and were so leafy that he could get no glimpse of the sky.†   (source)
  • As for me, I'd be lucky to glimpse him on the street.†   (source)
  • I used to stand across the street from his school in Brooklyn and wait for him, just to catch a glimpse; maybe, if I was lucky, hear the sound of his voice.†   (source)
  • She's seen glimpses of it, but not the full effect all at once, and I think it devastates her a little.†   (source)
  • Due north they faintly glimpsed a long dark line.†   (source)
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