And he prayed for the twain what while Abu Ishak the cup-companion stood hearkening with his ears and espying with his eyes, and indeed he marvelled at his case.
All this happened while Abd al-Rahman stood, brand in hand, behind the door espying with his eyes and hearing with his ears.
For a long time he stood carefully upon his guard, but at last, espying a favourable opportunity, he darted a fierce blow at the vizor of his opponent, hoping it would pierce the bars and transfix itself there.
Not a moment was to be lost, and espying a large shelving rock which jutted out from a side passage, Sir George Vernon hastily clambered up and extinguished his light.
He was not yet satisfied, though, for espying the hollow trunk of an old tree close by, he made the unwilling page help him to deposit the body there.
Wherfore espying a corner where lay loaves of bread for all the house I got me thither and filled my hungry guts therewith.
And (espying a Church on the top of a high hill) she said, What can I tell whether my husband and master be there or no?
At length, espying certain clowns passing by, he cried, "For the love of God help me down!
But in the meantime Argolander espyingthirty poor men in mean habiliments, without either table or table-cloth, sitting and eating their scanty meals upon the ground, he inquired what they were?
Upon espying me they hastened forward with expressions of pleased surprise at seeing me risen and out, and when I would have got to my feet they stayed me as Giovanni had done.
She took a deep breath of the sharp, invigorating air, then looked about her, and espying me in conversation with Giacopo she approached us across the gleaming snow.
They giue themselues to eating and drinking, and be for the most part burly men of bodie, insomuch that espying any one of them whom we had not seene before, we might knowe him to be the King his cosin.
They came down to meet him with many questionings, but Gunther, espying the blood in the skiff, knew well what fate the ferryman had met with.
Directly he stepped ashore the youth made his way to the place of her confinement and, espying her face at the heavily barred window, knelt before her and begged that she would take him for her champion.
The young stranger, who had climbed over the fence, espying the portly divine, rose up, and hoped that he was not trespassing.
Stepping outside, Tom looked about, espying his pony standing where it had been tied to one of the porch pillars of the station.
The king espying a third Monke standing by, who came with the other two, either to accompany them, or to obtaine some inferiour place vnder him that should preuaile, demaunded of him what hee would giue?
The Normans espying the aduantage to be ripe, made a stiffe stand, redoubled vpon the English, and pressing on with a furie equall to their fauourable fortune, with a cruell butchery brake into them.
One of his Souldiers espying this, sayd merrily vnto him: You had almost fallen my Lord, but you haue well maintained your standing, and haue now taken deepe and firme footing in the soyle of England.
The Scholler well espying his aduantage when hee was asked councell, so Incharmed hir with his Sillogismes, as he made hir to mount a Tower, to cursse the time that euer she knew him or hir Louer.
Which the Lady well espying speedily imagined into what Porte hys rotten Barke would arriue: wherefore in the ende when shee sawe his Shippe at Roade, began to enter in prety louinge talke, by little, and little to incourage his fond attempt.
Some of the company espying this, cry out and say, 'Lo, this is the God these people bow and cringe unto; this is the idol they worship and adore.
Presently Enoch came back from the rear and espying the refugees aloft, began to stone them with vigor, till the proprietor came out and ordered all parties to the fracas to desist and leave the premises.
But all the time I kept myself in a black niche of the rock, where the fall of the water began, lest the sweet singer (espying me) should be alarmed, and flee away.
Therefore now my only chance of seeing Lorna, before I went, lay in watching from the cliff and espying her, or a signal from her.
With this end in view, he made a practice of "espying strangers" on every opportunity, and each time he did so the galleries had to be cleared.
But Yolande coming radiant from the bower and espying the litter, shook her head.
Then we espying a fayre sound, supposed it to goe into the Straights betweene the Queenes foreland and Iackmans sound, which proued as we imagined.
The bird espying the maiden, said to her, "Maiden, how camest thou hither?
But the King, espying him, inquired who and whence he was.
The church clock struck with a rattling sound, and the rosework on its tympanum looked like an eye espying a sacrilege.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "espying" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
