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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are glimpsed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is seen briefly or partially, often in a poetic or literary context.
Example: "In the fading light of dusk, the silhouettes of distant mountains are glimpsed through the trees."
Alternatives: "are seen" or "are caught sight of".
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are glimpsed
verb
To see or view briefly or incompletely.
Exact(49)
(The grave features of Leonard Nimoy are glimpsed).
Windows are glimpsed, but little clue is given as to what is really going on internally.
Characters are glimpsed through reflecting glass, curtained windows and half-opened doors.
Back home the faces of the dead are glimpsed amid the living.
Bare dead bodies are glimpsed, often fleetingly, at the sides of the frame.
Manhattan is pre-eminent, but both Paris and London are glimpsed from time to time.
Similar(11)
But the two countries are glimpsing the remote possibility of a lasting peace.
And ordinary Russians are glimpsing glimmers of hope.
Certain occupants will be glimpsed only briefly.
He's glimpsed it.
Occasionally, ecstasy is glimpsed.
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