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

The perfectionist has glimpsed a goal that’s deeper than marks out of 10.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020

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 Buck, Charles Neville