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
He peeps in around the door and espies Mrs. Starkweather.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by London, Jack
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
At the Valley of Blood she espies other unfortunates.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
