- 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
Volscens is mad with rage, and nowhere espies the sender of the weapon, nor where to direct his fury.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
If he espies a tempting morsel he drops like a stone, and alights on a spot almost exactly below him—a power which few birds seem to possess.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
As he utters these last complaints, he espies the lovers.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
