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

Fierce Volscens raves with anger, nor espies The wielder of the weapon, nor which way To rush, aflame with fury.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

“The creature is about to pounce on some deer he sees feeding in the thicket,” whispered John; “or perhaps he espies a tapir, and hopes to bring it to the ground.”

From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.

The anxious father espies a merchant wending slowly along the highway and hails him.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis