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 anxious father espies a merchant wending slowly along the highway and hails him.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
Fierce Volscens raves with anger, nor espies The wielder of the weapon, nor which way To rush, aflame with fury.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
In this situation he remains; but not long, until some one of the condors, with his far-piercing glance, espies the ensanguined object, and comes swooping downward.
From The Boy Hunters by Unknown
