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

“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

Niagara Falls State Park has various vantage points ideal for glimpsing the natural phenomenon, and there will be interpretive staff offering educational programming in conjunction with the event.

From National Geographic • Jan. 4, 2024

From what I’d been able to figure out, I had to touch someone for my abilities to take hold, and even then...it was more like I was glimpsing their thoughts, rather than screwing with them.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken