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
He espies the particular niche which suits him perfectly, and he calmly descends a few rungs of the ladder and steps off into oblivion.
From Aliens by McFee, William
Lato hurries on to overtake his friend, whom he espies striding towards the park gate.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip
The hunter trembles when he espies in the thicket the royal hart whose existence has been called a fable.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
