espy
verb (used with object)
to see at a distance; catch sight of.
espying
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present participleof espy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The couple got into rare books quite by accident, recalled David Bauman, a gentle, soft-spoken man in his 70s, after espying some at Freeman, the auction house in Philadelphia where they lived as newlyweds.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
The third moral outrage I imagine the future espying is our cruelty to the ill and aged in our fetish for surgical intervention.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2016
Only John Melia, a spokesman for Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union of America, the union representing the locked-out workers, grows impassioned, in the manner of a kamikaze pilot espying a large aircraft carrier.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2012
"Oh, look at this," cried the President, espying "Little Phil" Sheridan's gold-plated Winchester.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rancher, espying Pan, rode over to him and said: "Stranger, did you fetch your chuck with you?"
From Valley of Wild Horses by Zane Grey
