espy
verb (used with object)
to see at a distance; catch sight of.
has espied
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present perfectof espy (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As he spoke the boy threw in the descending clutch, and the big monoplane began to drop as swiftly as a buzzard that has espied some prey far beneath him.
From The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings by Margaret Burnham
The nightingale, however, is not singing for them nor for her, but for another pair he has espied below.
From Dear Brutus by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Walt Wilder has espied the saddled mule hitched up behind the tent—that intended for Conchita.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
“And the frigate-bird has espied them too,” exclaimed the mate.
From The South Sea Whaler by William H. C. Groome
But the horse has espied it as soon as his rider, and, pricking forward his ears, he picks up his head and steps out with something of an approach to briskness.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
