Espying

Any museum-goer who has peeped through the eyeholes in the rough wooden-door façade of Marcel Duchamp's "Etant Donnés" 1946-66 and caught sight of that work's sprawling, naked, female mannequin will get a sense of what espying Eiko and Koma feels like. ❋ Robert Greskovic (2011)

So that's like espying Antarctica from a ship near Greenland. ❋ Seth Shostak (2011)

She probably wanted to be a very great artist, he felt, espying a deeper ambition precisely because it was buried. ❋ Rafael Yglesias (2009)

Zephyr — who stood espying him from a high place; and when she saw him in this plight, she wept and sighed and recited these couplets, ❋ Unknown (2006)

All this happened while Abd al-Rahman stood, brand in hand, behind the door espying with his eyes and hearing with his ears. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Kazi, who at once on espying her rose to receive her. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mean-while, the other Forty fared about the streets and highways making search in different directions, and amongst them Ali Kitf al-Jamal, who espying a crowd, made towards the people and found the Cairene Ali lying drugged and senseless in their midst. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hoards187 for the jewellery upon her, behold, there stood Dalilah espying her and seeing her clad in costly clothes and ornaments, said to herself, “‘Twould be a rare trick, O Dalilah, to entice yonder young lady from her husband’s house and strip her of all her jewels and clothes and make off with the whole lot.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

He then cast his eyes round the room, and espying Camilla, with a leering sort of smile, said: ❋ Unknown (2008)

The tribe received the brave speech of their leader with applause, yet there were anxious looks thrown out in hopes of espying the return of the deserter; and perhaps the chief himself was the only one of the determined band who was totally indifferent on the subject. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Leave then what is past of the Fair thou wast ever with love espying ❋ Unknown (2006)

Ishak the cup-companion stood hearkening with his ears and espying with his eyes, and indeed he marvelled at his case. ❋ Unknown (2006)