The phrase "a glimmer of something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small sign or indication of something, often something positive or hopeful, that may not be fully realized yet.
Example: "After months of struggle, she finally saw a glimmer of something that resembled hope for her future."
Alternatives: "a hint of something" or "a spark of something".
It's a rare moment when Grayling's scrupulously rational mind allows for a glimmer of something more emotionally subjective.
But every once in a while you see a glimmer of something that makes you go, 'I want more of _that!
That seems pretty accurate to me, for it is not until you get to the graphite on canvas grid paintings in the final room that you get a glimmer of something really new and special.
And yet, amid the drunken rambling, there would always be a glimmer of something that survived the editing process – which probably accounts for Bottom's unique brand of violent slapstick and crude hilarity.
We are a nation so starved of footballing star quality that we thrust enormous amounts of pressure and expectation on the fragile, underdeveloped shoulders of any youngster who shows a glimmer of something special.
Very occasionally, in one class or the other, a glimmer of something vital and truly alive could thrillingly and seemingly out of nowhere suddenly come into being and the sheer exhilaration of possibility would momentarily electrify the room, but that was almost always the exception to the dull and lifeless rule.
But they all proffer at least a glimmer of consolation, something "Things Have Changed" calmly withholds.
For remainers in the focus groups, there was a glimmer of hope that something might still change.
Anyway I, too, was pretty sure I had failed, although being an optimist I may have nurtured just a glimmer of hope that something might have turned up.
So although there is a glimmer of hope that something positive could come out of that, if they stick with the letter of the law in Egypt we could be looking a long time into the future".
In the midst of such confusion in the Arab region and a growingly pessimistic outlook, there is a glimmer of hope, if not something more.
