Example Sentences

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They were the life’s work of a man who, like a monk, protected all he gathered into a treasure few had glimpsed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

"The poem felt like someone had glimpsed into my soul," he says.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023

Levin thought longingly of the office building he had glimpsed on the opposite end of the parking lot before being ferried away.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2022

At the start of the Sunday service, Pastor Bob was passed a note from Howland Forrest, the church member who had glimpsed the crash from her car.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2020

Apart from his companions, Jon had glimpsed no living man since they'd left the wood behind and begun to make their way upward.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin