All 12 Uses
glimpse
in
City of Bones
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- He caught a glimpse of stacked boxes, tangled wiring.†
Chpt 1glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- Through half-open doors Clary glimpsed countless identical small rooms, each with a stripped bed, a nightstand, and a large wooden wardrobe standing open.†
Chpt 5glimpsed = briefly saw
- She found this glimpse of his nervousness oddly reassuring.†
Chpt 5glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- She wondered how often he let glimpses of his real self peek through the facade that was as hard and shiny as the coat of lacquer on one of her mother's Japanese boxes.†
Chpt 9glimpses = briefly sees; or instances of briefly seeing
- Clary glimpsed words across the arch as they rolled under it: new YORK CITY MARBLE CEMETERY.†
Chpt 10glimpsed = briefly saw
- As he straightened, Clary caught a glimpse of his face under the hat.†
Chpt 11glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- Sharply pointed spires were silhouetted black against the night sky, and Clary realized that this was the church she had glimpsed earlier that night from McCarren Park.†
Chpt 14glimpsed = briefly saw
- For a moment she half-thought she glimpsed a flicker of movement at one of the windows, a flash of whiteness that could have been a face, or a hand drawing back a heavy drape— "Come on."†
Chpt 14
- Clary had caught only a glimpse of what was visible through the door—red roiling clouds shot through with black lightning, and a terrible dark, rushing shape that hurtled toward them—when Jace shouted for them to get down.†
Chpt 19glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- She caught a clear glimpse of Hodge crossing a street, his gray head bobbing above the crowd.†
Chpt 20
- She could glimpse the south end of Roosevelt Island from here, though it was just a smudge to the north.†
Chpt 22 *
- She caught a single brief glimpse of Alaric looking after them, his wolf eyes gleaming.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(glimpse) a quick look or partial understandingThe 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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)