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Synonyms for glimpsing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : glimps
Phonetic Transcription : glɪmps

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Définition of glimpsing

Origin :
  • c.1400, "to glisten, be dazzling," probably from Old English *glimsian "shine faintly," from Proto-Germanic *glim- (see gleam). If so, the intrusive -p- would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of "catch a quick view" first recorded mid-15c. Related: Glimpsed. The noun is recorded from mid-16c.; earlier in verbal noun glimpsing (mid-14c.).
  • verb look briefly
Example sentences :
  • It was with great relief that I got him to the Moulton cabin without his glimpsing Patsy.
  • Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter
  • He halted short, glimpsing the man on the wall in the faint glow of the fires.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Black River » by Robert E. Howard
  • It came to me that here was a contact and that for the moment I was glimpsing into the soul of her.
  • Extract from : « The Strength of the Strong » by Jack London
  • Shirley stirred uneasily, and in the glimpsing light her face looked troubled.
  • Extract from : « The Valiants of Virginia » by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • Glimpsing Marjorie behind her mother, Lucy sat up in bed, her green eyes growing greener with horrified disapproval.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, High School Junior » by Pauline Lester
  • The fun that makes the soul expand must have in it the lift of wings and the glimpsing fantasy of flight.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • What secret wizardry of new woods, what elfin tinkle of new brooks, what new farmdoors, glimpsing upon human mystery!
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • They did not know they were glimpsing the first outcroppings of a genius that would one day amaze and entertain the nations.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Calamity, weary and heavy-eyed, scanned the forbidding, sullen sky in the hope of glimpsing a break in its glowering expanse.
  • Extract from : « Captain Calamity » by Rolf Bennett
  • Glimpsing the fat little red book in your pocket, he smiles sardonically.
  • Extract from : « Vistas in Sicily » by Arthur Stanley Riggs

Antonyms for glimpsing

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