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

For most of the public, glimpsing this extraordinary mix -- home to the 18-hole Lodhi Course and the nine-hole Peacock Course -- is usually only possible by peering through its entrance gates.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

He served for a time as editor of Encore, glimpsing that his true gift was for writing, if not yet ready to embrace the insight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 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

Nok remembered glimpsing her mother's dressing table through a gap between the servants' bodies.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat