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

As he utters these last complaints, he espies the lovers.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

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

Denise cries as she espies Mr. Grandon, "if I had known you were here; I was afraid he would force his way in."

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie