All 5 Uses of
glimpse
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- They inwardly resolved to watch him nights, when opportunity should offer, in the hope of getting a glimpse of his dread master.†
Chpt 11glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- Under the ceaseless conflagration of lightning that flamed in the skies, everything below stood out in clean-cut and shadowless distinctness: the bending trees, the billowy river, white with foam, the driving spray of spume-flakes, the dim outlines of the high bluffs on the other side, glimpsed through the drifting cloud-rack and the slanting veil of rain.†
Chpt 16glimpsed = briefly saw
- There was not an urchin in school but was perishing to have a glimpse of it, but the chance never came.†
Chpt 20 *glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- At that moment a shadow fell on the page and Tom Sawyer stepped in at the door and caught a glimpse of the picture.†
Chpt 20
- Tom lay upon a sofa with an eager auditory about him and told the history of the wonderful adventure, putting in many striking additions to adorn it withal; and closed with a description of how he left Becky and went on an exploring expedition; how he followed two avenues as far as his kite-line would reach; how he followed a third to the fullest stretch of the kite-line, and was about to turn back when he glimpsed a far-off speck that looked like daylight; dropped the line and groped toward it, pushed his head and shoulders through a small hole, and saw the broad Mississippi rolling by!†
Chpt 32glimpsed = briefly saw
Definition:
a quick look or partial understanding
The exact meaning of glimpse can depend upon its context. For example:
- "I caught a glimpse of her when I was walking to class." -- a very quick look
- "I glimpsed at the headlines." -- looked quickly
- "Reading the book gave me a glimpse of the life of a devout Muslim immigrant in America." -- a quick, incomplete view