All 5 Uses of
glimpse
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- Now the light in the room did not look dull; it looked marvellously pure, marvellously full of its own gray and eldritch charm; he could imagine cranes half-glimpsed in gunmetal mist standing in one-legged silence beside upland lakes in that light, could imagine the mica flecks in rocks jutting from spring grasses in upland meadows shining with the shaggy glow of glazed window-glass in that light, could imagine elves shucking their busy selves off to work in lines under the dewsoaked leaves of early ivy in that light ....Oh BOY are you stoned, Paul thought, and giggled faintly.†
Chpt 2glimpsed = briefly saw
- He began to glimpse the room, which was bad, and Annie, which was even worse.†
Chpt 3glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- Paul caught a last glimpse of horrified brown eyes, saw tatters of brown khaki uniform shirt hanging from an arm raised in a feeble effort at protection, and when the eyes were gone, Paul turned away.†
Chpt 3
- His legs, now unsplinted but as crooked and ugly as something glimpsed through a rip in the canvas of a freak-show tent, hung down.†
Chpt 3 *glimpsed = briefly saw
- His last dimming glimpse of the world was his own collapsing body and Annie's white shoes stand astride it: Goddess, he thought, and died.†
Chpt 4glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
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