glimpse
noun
a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
has glimpsed
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present perfectof glimpse (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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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
“I think Wendy’s cool because she saw it,” Lieb said of a colleague who has glimpsed the outside of the formula diary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Reuel immediately recognizes her as the woman he has glimpsed in a recent mystical vision.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022
Orosei says his team has glimpsed other bright reflections, but isn’t ready to say whether or not they are lakes.
From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018
On the following morning, Boone made his farewells, reluctantly as one who has glimpsed magic and who sets his face again to dull realities.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
