Sentence examples for glimpse of a small from inspiring English sources

I caught a fleeting glimpse of a small group heading in for the night.

I do know the flood of pleasure this glimpse of a small remnant of the place's former glories gave me, as I watched the ragged little band's flight down to sandy rhines and samphire pastures on the farther shore to feed.

And that's just the start of a film that establishes such a mood of doomy anticipation that no one who watches it can ever again negotiate the narrow, labyrinthine streets of La Serenissima without wondering if they'll catch a glimpse of a small figure in a red raincoat flitting over a shadowy bridge.

Kareena Kapoor Khan's video is a glimpse of a small group of people trying to change the world's mindset around women and female authority in both the home and workplace.

Weaving my way through throngs of well-heeled diplomatic types and cool kids in drainpipe jeans, I caught glimpses of a small Balinese woman in a shimmery dress in the center, performing a cosmic dance on a floor strewn with flower petals.

As with most twitchers, my day at Pagham involved a lot of hanging around, followed by brief and slightly unsatisfactory glimpses of a small, brown bird with unstreaked upperparts and a distinct pale eyestripe – rather like a cross between our reed and sedge warblers.

This is the sound they heard on that particular morning in May 1992 (fig.2): Eventually, the two friends caught several fleeting glimpses of a small round-bodied chocolate-brown bird with a dark stubby tail, long pink legs, large dark eyes and a pointy black beak, scampering quickly through the dense underbrush.

My Times colleague Samantha Farlow said she was struck here by the first glimpse of spectators: a small number of them, high above on an overpass, offering a warm welcome to Brooklyn.

Past the chrome and neon shopping plazas and near a dusty railroad crossing, much of the main street here remains untouched by the suburban boom, giving passers-by a nostalgic glimpse of a precondoized small town.

Inside, beyond the zinc and frosted glass concierge desk, black leather Barcelona-style chairs sit in front of a window that offers a glimpse of a very small yet serene Japanese garden.

The story of the truck and its cover-up also offers a glimpse of how a small-town policeman was caught up in the mad schemes of killing and deception in the Balkan conflict.