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
She espies the thorns, and Kateri confesses all.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
At the Valley of Blood she espies other unfortunates.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
Where she too quickly me espies, When I might plainely see, A thousand Cupids from her eyes 140Shoote all at once at me.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
