espial

Example Sentences

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Among the crowd entering the Exhibition he could easily keep her in sight without risk of his espial being detected.

From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George

From his new point of espial Kent checked off the members of the party.

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis

They heard a vehicle draw up before the house, and Barbara, making cautious espial from the windows, exclaimed that it was Mr. Musselwhite.

From The Emancipated by Gissing, George

Then wisdom altered its method and spoke of espial and discovery.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

Her mother’s small mind yet had an uncanny power of partial divination, gained from years of experience and espial, that irritated while it impressed.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday