What is another word for glimpses?

Pronunciation: [ɡlˈɪmpsɪz] (IPA)

When we talk about "glimpses," we often mean brief, fleeting moments or glimpses of something that we catch a glimpse of. However, there are many other words that can describe similar concepts. For example, we might use the word "glimmer" to describe a faint, flickering light that we see in the distance. Other synonyms include "flash," "glimpse," "peek," "gaze," "gander," "glance," "look," "peek," "peekaboo," "sneak peek," and "sneak peek." Each of these words can help us convey a slightly different nuance or degree of observation or attention, helping us to more precisely describe the things we see and perceive.

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Usage examples for Glimpses

But although no doubt good and great purposes are served by the obscurity that involves death, our endeavour to penetrate the gloom, and catch some glimpses of a life we must shortly enter, cannot be judged altogether idle.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
There had been times, there had been moments, when the gates had yielded a very little; one had, as it were, got sudden glimpses through.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
He had had her shy confession of affection for him and no few glimpses at a depth of feeling which she would not wholly reveal.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee

Famous quotes with Glimpses

  • It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely ghosts revisiting the glimpses of the moon?
    Algernon H. Blackwood
  • In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.
    Nellie Bly
  • I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.
    Taylor Dane
  • I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold.
    Howard Lindsay
  • Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.
    Pierre Loti

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