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Discover LudwigThe phrase "allowed a glimpse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone is given a brief or partial view of something, often implying that the view is limited or restricted.
Example: "The curtains parted just enough to allow a glimpse of the beautiful garden outside."
Alternatives: "granted a view" or "given a peek".
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And the foreign onlooker has only been allowed a glimpse of the public side of our lives.
We're only allowed a glimpse of him (humping away), but then low-life beasts like him deserve only stereotypical representation.
Also, a strange fleeting sense of dislocation, as if for the briefest of instants I'd been allowed a glimpse into a long-lost world.
And TV viewers were allowed a glimpse of the real man beneath the make-up last year when travelled around the US for Paul O'Grady's America.
The few occasions the public has been allowed a glimpse of the inner workings of police departments in the 1990s have given cause for alarm.
Through the lens of an anonymous cameraman, we are allowed a glimpse into lives, worlds, and situations both alien and familiar, both spontaneous and embellished.
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Jayne Wrightsman, the famously private philanthropist, is allowing a glimpse of her home life.
She pauses, thinks, and for a rare moment allows a glimpse of self-doubt.
It also allows a glimpse into his PMQs preparations, where staff take on the role of Cameron.
What they find is a dead writer and a device that allows a glimpse of the future, including the geological nightmare that will destroy the planet.
Large windows allow a glimpse of the murals from the street, but this is as much of the building as the public will ever see.
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