Sentence examples for a faint glimpse. from inspiring English sources

By Hye-young Pyun Oghi opened his eyes to a faint glimpse of white clothing.

Oghi opened his eyes to a faint glimpse of white clothing.

When I was considering buying my very first dwelling, a 1BR w/EIK on West 79th Street with, for those who were sufficiently agile, a faint glimpse of the Hudson River, I vaguely remember that I scratched out the monthly cost of the mortgage payment, after which Dad made some quick calculations to demonstrate that the "after-tax cost" of the mortgage actually was within my budget.

Asked whether that entails a kind of mysticism, d'Espagnat responds that "science isn't everything" and that we are already accustomed to the idea that "when we hear beautiful music, or see paintings, or read poetry, [we get] a faint glimpse of a reality that underlies empirical reality".

The text offers only a faint glimpse at the secret techniques the students would have learned at this school, separating the descriptions into two parts called "Deepest Secrets of Fistfight" and "Deepest Secrets of Fencing".

The faces of the young boys and girls bring an eerie sense of humanity to the pristine landscapes, giving just a faint glimpse into their lives, while leaving the viewer as a clear outsider.

(One Oxford wag reported that Jowett's lectures consisted of "getting up quietly and giving a few faint glimpses into the obvious". I bet Stoppard wishes he had thought of that).

On a clear afternoon you can catch faint glimpses through the structural frame of clouds drifting by overhead.

She's conjured the spirit of the civil rights movement, the memories of an ex-boyfriend and the scribbles of an anonymous child, often without the faintest glimpse of a human form.

Only when I am out on the ice, cold but alive and alert, can I get the faintest glimpse of what life for the Inuit of Greenland in days past must have been like.

America's commanding general in Iraq, David Petraeus, and our ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, went up to Capitol Hill this week but were unable to give any real answers as to when the U.S. might be able to disengage, or when a corner might be turned, or when a faint, flickering hopeful light might be glimpsed at the end of the long, horrific Iraqi tunnel.