glimpsed

past tense of glimpse

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of glimpsed During the postseason last year, the football world finally glimpsed the full complement of Mosley’s powers. Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The rocket ship glimpsed flying into orbit lands with an explosion as the movie’s title reveals itself. Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 First glimpsed in The Empire Strikes Back and heavily featured in Return of the Jedi are typical of the Empire; designed to instil fear, but laughably impractical. Chris McMullen, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026 But with the help of researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, paleontologists recently glimpsed Scotty’s rib and its remaining tissue in unprecedented detail. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026 Lewis, glimpsed onscreen just in the last lap, likewise digs into the most predictable aspects of an uninspired part. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 On the screen, the room glimpsed stitches from the emergency operations, the mold and pus infecting him, the brutal anti-glamour of a homicide victim. Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 The group had glimpsed a simple argument that could deal with a huge variety of graphs at once. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 Some analysts who spoke to ABC News before the earnings report predicted volatility in the share price after investors glimpsed the latest financial disclosure. Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glimpsed
Verb
  • Her signature flat-top hair peeked out from under a black headwrap and her blush highlighted razor-sharp cheekbones.
    Lisa Whittington-Hill, Longreads, 27 Aug. 2026
  • On her left collarbone, Bieber’s mini heart tattoo peeked out just below the strap of her bra.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Graves glanced at the TV and saw smoke pouring from the North Tower of the World Trade Center over Manhattan.
    USA TODAY staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the better chances provoked surprising misses, in particular a header from close range from the normally dependable Merino glanced straight at the ‘keeper, and a swipe by Saka that was shanked wide.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Glimpsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glimpsed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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