- present tense form of espy (3rd person singular).
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
Then from his bed he 'soon' arose,45 And to his pallace gate he goes; Full little then this beggar knowes When she the king espies.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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 Amanda Minnie Douglas
Ship in sight is none; three stags he espies straying on the shore; behind whole herds follow, and graze in long train across the valley.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
