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
Thus shines the wretched butterfly, With iridescent wing doth flap When captured in a schoolboy's cap; Thus shakes the hare when suddenly She from the winter corn espies A sportsman who in covert lies.
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry
The thirsty wayfarer, after jogging for hours under a burning sky, at length espies a pond—yes, it must be water—it looks too natural for him to be mistaken.
From Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet by Marryat, Frederick
Lato hurries on to overtake his friend, whom he espies striding towards the park gate.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip
