as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere
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Recent Examples of glimpsed
Though their handiwork is often glimpsed too briefly, special makeup effects designer Patrick Magee and VFX supervisor Justin Martinez (both credited for the entire feature) contribute some vividly icky, grotesque images.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere amid the brutal conditions at the hospital, characters in the nude can be glimpsed.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The thirty-two papers that were delivered in Teddington in 1958 glimpsed the possibility of artificial humans.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere amid the brutal conditions at the hospital, characters in the nude can be glimpsed.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The thirty-two papers that were delivered in Teddington in 1958 glimpsed the possibility of artificial humans.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Glimpsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glimpsed. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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