Example sentences for: glimpses

How can you use “glimpses” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Little remains of medieval Madrid, but there are glimpses of the oldest parts of the city in the Arab walls and several attractive small plazas, as well as many other discoveries to be made in this area that extends from the River Manzanares and Palacio Real (Royal Palace, actually the legacy of the later Bourbon rulers) to the lively, congested Puerta del Sol, still the nerve center of Madrid.

  • The cliffs are clothed in a profusion of exotic vegetation, with occasional glimpses of private homes framed by cypresses, palm trees, and cascades of bougainvillaea.

  • Passengers crane their necks for dizzying glimpses of the harbor.

  • Baseball is also, incidentally, the only sport where players can smoke during the game; you used to catch appealing glimpses on television of some professional athlete puffing away.

  • We get woozy glimpses of Bliss Sunraider's later life as a con artist, moviemaker, and chauffeur before he became a senator and a bigot.


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