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
They were no more than fair flowers to the man who espies the coils of a snake among the blossoms.
From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John
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.
The anxious father espies a merchant wending slowly along the highway and hails him.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
