espies
Example Sentences
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A man who stops for gas a sign espies That says a dog out back has quite a knack.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020
Behind peppy songs like “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” Mr. Mac espies a frantic need to forget those horrors.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2015
The poet seated by a grave espies a skull.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Terror-struck, he inquires whence it comes, and then espies the corpse.
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
The anxious father espies a merchant wending slowly along the highway and hails him.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
