Sentence examples for snatched a glimpse from inspiring English sources

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I've only seen the Orient Express a handful of times – mostly from car windows, once from a station as it sped through, but every time it sent a thrill coursing through me, as if I'd snatched a glimpse of a mythical creature.

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Fans braved the wintry chill, waiting since 7am to snatch a glimpse and perhaps a selfie with the actor.

Perhaps a special Airbus prize should go to 46-year-old Mike Moese, who spent two hours driving his car repeatedly round the perimeter road of Chicago's O'Hare airport in the hope of snatching a glimpse of the plane landing.

The event, part of London Fashion Week, was streamed live to Burberry stores and suburban laptops, allowing fashionistas everywhere to snatch a glimpse of the collections that will appear in stores next spring (see picture).But the show comes at a dolorous time for Burberry, which has seen investors flee like models from a chip butty.

The tournament begins, and, for a few hours, refugee life is forgotten and the boys snatch a glimpse of normality.

Syrian refugee boys snatch a glimpse of normality through football tournament in Sulimaniyah, Iraq SULIMANIYAH, Iraq, 5 November 2013 – It's a sight you see all over the world on a Saturday afternoon – boys lined up in their football uniforms, getting ready to go onto the pitch.

It comes in little glimpses snatched a dozen times a day, like the scene I saw walking home from dinner in the rain on the freeway — yes, the freeway — where a man pushed his electric scooter up an incline, followed a half-step by his presumed wife.

The bird snatched a succulent red berry.

He snatched a bowl from the table.

How else do you explain Keval, 23, an electrician from Karnal, driving 100km to catch a glimpse and snatch a "two-minute conversation" with his girlfriend Himani, a grocer's daughter, in her village?

Bishops sail to snatch a knight.

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