glimpse
noun
a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
glimpsed
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past participleof glimpse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof glimpse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
glimpsenouna very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
Example Sentences
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Up close, its elongated head, skeletal body and glistening double set of jaws reveal just how much unsettling detail goes into a creature often glimpsed onscreen in darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In his enthusiasm, he may have glimpsed a sliver of truth long before the rest of us knew how to look for it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Who down there, waiting in the out-the-door Sweetgreen line or descending into the subway, has glimpsed the void in the way I have?
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
The first image shows an 'Earthrise' as the astronauts glimpsed our home planet peaking out beyond a cratered lunar landscape.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
I stared at my brother, whom I had glimpsed only a few times in two years.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
