noun
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A brief look, glance, or peek.
example
I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number.
definition
A sudden flash.
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A faint idea; an inkling.
verb
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To see or view briefly or incompletely.
example
I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.
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To appear by glimpses.
Examples of glimpses in a Sentence
She saw glimpses of the early morning battle.
We have glimpses of Varro at this time in the Letters of Cicero.
But the real interest of his work lies, first, in the incidental glimpses it affords all through of the history of his.
Not a few saints were rewarded for their fasting by glimpses of the beatific vision.
The show is unique in its personal glimpses into the chef's life and his struggle with weight.
Our first glimpses of authentic Roman history set before us two orders in the same state, one of which is distinguished from the other by many exclusive privileges.
Most lace lingerie is designed with a bit of stretch, so it will hug your curves and give tiny glimpses of skin in a beautiful pattern.
The trails pass through wooded areas and marshland, offering glimpses of a variety of plants and animals, such as great blue herons, barred and great horned owls, redheaded woodpeckers, red-tailed hawks, kestrels and turkey vultures.
But from such glimpses of early Attic history as we can get the union of the Attic towns would seem to have been completed before the constitutional struggle began.
Amid the noisy, bustling, modern cityscape there are still glimpses of the country's past in traditional dress and temples.
The whole basement is fronted by our unique railings giving tantalizing glimpses into the domestic quarters.
At night, swirling mist reveals glimpses of its shadowy past.
Except for occasional glimpses of life among the other workers, the majority of diary entries remain of the " nothing new " variety.
Leafy hills, sleepy hamlets, with glimpses of brooding mountains beyond.
Interspersed between the glimpses of the past and the walk toward the future are clips from a live performance by Rascal Flatts.
Reality TV wedding shows offer funny, unusual, or detailed glimpses into real life weddings and all of the planning and prep work that goes into them.
The studios are increasingly providing behind-the-scenes glimpses at the making of new releases.
A slightly raised decking area is perfect for alfresco dining and gives sea glimpses through the houses to the bay below.
From roadside glimpses so far, I'd dismissed all horror-film notions of vodou.
Star Trek, coming out in 2009, gives us glimpses of the officers before they were officers.
By chance he finally glimpses the elusive creature - a beautiful sea nymph, who has crossed into our world from her own.
These fleeting glimpses of the world around show normal lives continuing oblivious to the nuclear threat.
Hulk's diary As with much of the best comedy, there are glimpses of real pathos here.
The glimpses of terror were far more frightening than the shambling monsters of today.
Starting in 1980 Gary Larson became known the world over for giving us glimpses into sublime genius, with a liberal sprinkling of cows.
On the way into Bandar we saw glimpses of the sultan 's palace, with a gold dome glistening through the leafy grounds.
After an hour-long trek through the muddy rainforest we reached our first look out for glimpses of Jacquot.
In a highly acclaimed one-man show, Saeed Jaffrey, that most versatile of actors, will give us glimpses into his long career.
This style creates a see-through effect so when you hang the mirror on your wall, the paint color of your wall becomes part of the overall design of the seashells with glimpses of the colored wall peeking through.
A less shiny cousin of the Glimmer product, Glimpses are a lightweight shadow.
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park A premiere attraction in Ireland, visitors can enjoy the 15th century castle and the 19th century village, including glimpses of life in another time.
Regardless of the direction you're traveling, you'll be able to catch glimpses of the breathtaking scenery surrounding the basin.
Recently, while on a winter vacation in Miami with husband Deryck Whibley, photographers caught glimpses of her in two different bikinis.
The Tease look, with its mesh pattern, is also a very beautiful swimsuit, but keep in mind that it's mesh; this means that glimpses and peeks of the body are readily available.
Here you'll also find styles with tiny cut out patterns in the fabric that give the illusion of more coverage while still offering titillating glimpses of skin beneath the swimsuit.
These styles are not sheer, but they do provide tantalizing glimpses of flesh while still keeping you covered.
To cover more time without plowing through all the details of your day-to-day life, you may add glimpses of your childhood that show how your amazing character came to be.
Haunted places tease the imagination with glimpses of something beyond our known world.
To see the latest trends, check out Dan Post's look book, which gives images of stylish ways to wear the boots as well as glimpses of how to wear them with the most recent fashions of the season.
Whether checking out a message board, a soap opera magazine or watching the video clip of what's coming next offered at the end of the episode, previews give fans glimpses into what the future holds for their favorite storylines.
Toni's Spoilers offer fans glimpses of upcoming episodes of The Young and the Restless and more.
Jule was quiet, trying hard to remember something from before the Schism besides brief glimpses of Darian and Damian.
She saw glimpses of his shared history with Damian and Dustin and of a time before meeting them that was too dark for her to see clearly.
But as yet he had only glimpses of a logical method which should invigorate the syllogism by the co-operation of ancient geometry and modern algebra.
But these grants and sales led to distinctions within the ranks of the noble order, like those of which we get faint glimpses among the Roman patricians.
Soon afterwards his fancy kindled with the first glimpses into Oriental history, the wild " barbaric " charm of which he never ceased to feel.
At the same period he founded the abbey of Fulda, as a centre for German monastic culture, placing it under the Bavarian Sturm, whose biography gives us so many picturesque glimpses of the time, and making its rule stricter than the Benedictine.
He at the same time shows the Greeks that their own greatest philosophers and poets recognized the unity of the divine Being, and had caught glimpses of the true nature of God, but that fuller light had been thrown on this subject by the Hebrew prophets.
The difference between the two, in Clement's judgment, was that the Greek philosophers had only glimpses of the truth, that they attained only to fragments of the truth, while Christianity revealed in Christ the absolute and perfect truth.
Further, during the years of His public ministry more glimpses of His inner life are given us than in either Matthew or Mark.