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
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
Him seated in a hallowed vale, where lies His father's grove, Pilumnus', she espies.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
The chords of the guitar take up the refrain, and Captain Stevenson, turning, espies Carol.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold
