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

Where she too quickly me espies, When I might plainely see, A thousand Cupids from her eyes 140Shoote all at once at me.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

He peeps in around the door and espies Mrs. Starkweather.

From Theft A Play In Four Acts by London, Jack

Terror-struck, he inquires whence it comes, and then espies the corpse.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell