Explore Espied through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Espied meaning
simple past and past participle of espy
Using Espied
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of espy
Context around Espied
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Espied
- In this selection, "espied" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, resident and mallory stand out and add context to how "espied" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include there mallory espied a route and way resident espied the living. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "espied" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with espied
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A Virginia Way resident espied the living horror of cannabis plants growing in a neighbor’s backyard. (17 words)
From there, Mallory espied a route to the top, but the party was unprepared for the great task of climbing any further and descended. (24 words)
From there, Mallory espied a route to the top, but the party was unprepared for the great task of climbing any further and descended. (24 words)
A Virginia Way resident espied the living horror of cannabis plants growing in a neighbor’s backyard. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
A Virginia Way resident espied the living horror of cannabis plants growing in a neighbor’s backyard.
From there, Mallory espied a route to the top, but the party was unprepared for the great task of climbing any further and descended.