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 hunter trembles when he espies in the thicket the royal hart whose existence has been called a fable.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
At last he espies the friendly light in the cottage.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
He peeps in around the door and espies Mrs. Starkweather.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by London, Jack
