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CATCH A GLIMPSE
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
See something for a brief time
Synonyms:
catch a glimpse; catch sight; get a look
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "catch a glimpse" is one way to...):
see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
But if you would come out with me into that forgotten world; if you would know Boy Jim and Champion Harrison; if you would meet my father, one of Nelson’s own men; if you would catch a glimpse of that great seaman himself, and of George, afterwards the unworthy King of England; if, above all, you would see my famous uncle, Sir Charles Tregellis, the King of the Bucks, and the great fighting men whose names are still household words amongst you, then give me your hand and let us start.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It happened that my way took me past the cottage, and I stopped for an instant to look at the windows, and to see if I could catch a glimpse of the strange face which had looked out at me on the day before.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From this high window you may catch a glimpse over the wooden point and the smoke of Bucklershard of the mouth of the Exe, and the shining sea.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Amid the grey swirl of the tobacco-smoke I could catch a glimpse of a blue coat and gold epaulettes, with a crowd gathering thickly round them, while a hoarse murmur rose from the group which thickened into a deep-chested cheer.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These unfortunates crowded to the small casements, and craned their necks after the throng as far as they could catch a glimpse of them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For an instant, in his earnest gaze and reverent manner, we seemed to catch a glimpse of the deeper, truer Nelson, the man of the Eastern counties, steeped in the virile Puritanism which sent from that district the Ironsides to fashion England within, and the Pilgrim Fathers to spread it without.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The four rode alone, for the archers had passed a curve in the road, though Alleyne could still hear the heavy clump, clump of their marching, or catch a glimpse of the sparkle of steel through the tangle of leafless branches.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The sight of it, with its bloodstained and ghost-blasted reputation, would in itself have been enough to send a thrill through my nerves; but when the words of my uncle made me suddenly realize that this strange summons was indeed for the two men who were concerned in that old-world tragedy, and that it was the playmate of my youth who had sent it, I caught my breath as I seemed vaguely to catch a glimpse of some portentous thing forming itself in front of us.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
