glimpsing

Example Sentences

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For many people, even glimpsing a hornet's stinger is enough to cause alarm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

Disgruntled merchants have blocked off the famous Maradona Square in Naples, preventing tourists and visitors from glimpsing the gigantic mural of the Argentine footballer, in a row over bureaucracy.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Flashbacks mix in bits and pieces of documentary footage, glimpsing a few highlights of her life.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024

“To hear Mitchell hit certain notes again in that inimitable voice was like glimpsing, in the wild, a magnificent bird long feared to have gone extinct.”

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024

“You’re just glimpsing the edges of the problem.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss