Sentence examples for a rapid glimpse from inspiring English sources

Cantor is adept at summoning history (a rapid glimpse, say, of Malcolm X in Ghana, "admonitory, precise," sipping tea and dispensing homilies in a bar in Accra), and even better at showing historical consciousness at work, claiming its role in the psychic drama along with guilt and lust and petty self-regard and the barter economy of moral reckoning.

EST analysis offers a rapid and valuable first glimpse of gene expression at a particular life cycle stage or under certain environmental conditions.

It flutters with a rapid hummingbird motion that was, I felt, like getting a glimpse into the inside of a watch, seeing the many cylinders and counterweights spinning madly in tension with each other.

Leaders permitted a rapid survey of the Ehazoara-Belambo forest complex in early 2014, providing a first glimpse of the richness of these forests and the low level of disturbance there.

A rapid technique.

Hospitals need a rapid decision.

It was a rapid rise.

It was a rapid transformation.

I was a "Rapid" fan.

Bring to a rapid simmer.

The files, dated last fall, show a glimpse at Postmates' rapid growth in the delivery business, despite a competitive landscape which includes DoorDash, Grubhub and now Uber Eats.