glimpse

• They seemed shy and reserved, and when a glimpse could be had of their faces they appeared pale, even of a deathly hue. —  Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
• The wood, selected for its rare loveliness, the finished workmanship, and charming rose-coloured varnish, render these works of art of which one glimpse is a never-fading memory. —  The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
• Coils of hose and buckets, etcetera, were seen here and there in readiness, while in an interior room a glimpse might be had of gleaming brass helmets, which hung in a row on the wall, each with an axe pendant below it; and, opposite to these, a row of dry boots arranged on pegs with their soles to the ceiling The two boys lingered about the station admiring all this, and commenting in their own peculiar fashion on men and things, sometimes approvingly, often critically, and now and then disparagingly. —  Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade
• The Baron stood trembling and quaking in his boots, every moment expecting to be discovered, while he felt sure that the face of which he had caught a glimpse was no other than that of the jealous rival He listened anxiously; he could hear the cracking of the boughs, and then the sound of footsteps approaching. —  Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin
• She had a glimpse--which she pretended not to have seen--of the Merry Zingara crumbling in a passion of regretful sobs to the floor. —  The Madigans

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