All 14 Uses
glimpse
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- In the darkness, he had not glimpsed the point of the blade that was now killing him.†
Chpt 4.glimpsed = briefly saw
- Harlon, the Seventh-Day Adventist, was getting his first glimpse of the world's wickedness as he trudged past these remains of friends and enemy dead.†
Chpt 4.glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- It was the rifleman, scared and exposed and unprotected by armor of any sort, peering through the smoke and confusion for a glimpse of an individual enemy.†
Chpt 5.
- But all of them would get a glimpse of Paradise before the firestorm to come.†
Chpt 5.
- Then Thomas glimpsed something else that made him fall to his knees in the sand, vomiting.†
Chpt 7.glimpsed = briefly saw
- The sight that returned to the future teacher most often in memory, however, was a strikingly unlikely one: a glimpse of Harlon Block as Harlon ran past him toward the action.†
Chpt 7.glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- The AP man didn't even have a chance to glimpse the image in his viewfinder.†
Chpt 11.
- Rolla Perry recalled glimpsing him as he ran past the enclosure: Both his legs were bleeding, but he was busily treating five other wounded Marines.†
Chpt 13. *glimpsing = briefly seeing
- The Photograph seemed to illuminate the air around it; it released pulses of hope and pride and often tears in people who glimpsed it—even hardheaded people who would not think of themselves as susceptible to "inspirational" imagery.†
Chpt 15.glimpsed = briefly saw
- But he was indeed bedridden in a Honolulu hospital when he first glimpsed The Photograph.†
Chpt 15.
- The American public never glimpsed this rift.†
Chpt 15.
- On Saturday, cheering crowds in Philadelphia got a glimpse of the boys as their motorcade sped to Independence Hall, where they posed for the flashbulbs in front of the Liberty Bell.†
Chpt 16.glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- Fifty thousand people would pour into the great stadium near the shores of Lake Michigan to watch a parade and glimpse such stars as Pat O'Brien, Forrest Tucker, and Henny Youngman.†
Chpt 16.
- Their two scenes—one bunched around John Wayne as they receive orders, the other a quick glimpse of them pushing up a flagpole—required a total of only about thirty minutes of filming.†
Chpt 18.
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)