glimpse
noun
a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
was glimpsing
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past progressiveof glimpse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Reading it in the context of COVID-19, I often had a sense that I was glimpsing a lost world.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Perhaps, Georgopoulos thought, he was glimpsing the workings of the brain as it processed its intentions.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
But these frustratingly all-too-rare moments made me feel like I was glimpsing spirited bits of greenery pushing through a crack in a sidewalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2014
For the first time, the Arab world was glimpsing the sickening possibility of defeat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The memory was milky and distorted, like I was glimpsing someone else’s dream.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
