All 6 Uses of
glimpse
in
The Silver Chair
- And at last, in between those clouds, you get your first glimpse of the real bottom, so far away that you can't make out whether it's field or wood, or land or water: farther below those clouds than you are above them.†
Chpt 1glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
- She had caught a glimpse of the great, stupid, puffcheeked face.†
Chpt 6
- When they reached the foot of the hill they caught a glimpse of what might be rocks on each side — squarish rocks, if you looked at them carefully, but no one did.†
Chpt 7
- Fighting her way forward with hood up and head down and numb hands inside her cloak, Jill had glimpses of other odd things on that horrible tableland — things on her right that looked vaguely like factory chimneys, and, on her left, a huge cliff, straighter than any cliff ought to be.†
Chpt 7glimpses = briefly sees; or instances of briefly seeing
- But the little bits of the place which you could see by the lights were like glimpses of a great seaport.†
Chpt 10 *
- "Sir," said Caspian, "I've always wanted to have just one glimpse of their world.†
Chpt 16glimpse = a quick look or partial understanding
Definition:
a quick look or partial understanding
The exact meaning of glimpse can depend upon its context. For example:
- "I caught a glimpse of her when I was walking to class." -- a very quick look
- "I glimpsed at the headlines." -- looked quickly
- "Reading the book gave me a glimpse of the life of a devout Muslim immigrant in America." -- a quick, incomplete view