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
They were no more than fair flowers to the man who espies the coils of a snake among the blossoms.
From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John
Now, borne along, beneath him he espies The sides precipitous and towering peak Of rugged Atlas, who upholds the skies.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Terror-struck, he inquires whence it comes, and then espies the corpse.
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
