Example Sentences

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He had espied a little girl in white with eyes that flashed her enjoyment of the dreamy rhythm.

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

The Germans had espied them and now came toward them at a gallop.

From The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

She had espied on her journey many a nook and sheltered dell, but nothing that could vie with this!

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

Amy was revived as soon as she heard they had espied land, and went out upon the deck; but she soon came in again to me.

From The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana by Defoe, Daniel

Meanwhile Burek had espied a squirrel up a tree, and, standing before it looking upward, barked.

From Sielanka: An Idyll by Bullick, Thomas H.