3102 examples of spies in sentences

Away she goes up hill and down, And to the wood at length is come; She spies her Friends, she shouts a greeting; Oh me!

The French, by having these savage nations on their side, are always supplied with spies and guides, and with auxiliaries, like the Tartars to the Turks, or the Hussars to the Germans, of no great use against troops ranged in order of battle, but very well qualified to maintain a war among woods and rivulets, where much mischief may be done by unexpected onsets, and safety be obtained by quick retreats.

The period of spies, and of the severe exercise of martial-law, was not yet reached; and all that was apprehended was detention.

I continued in this posture about two hours; and began to be mighty impatient for intelligence abroad, for I had no spies to send out.

Spies may be watching us, and it means death to me if I am seen helping you.' 'Death!'

Our own spies are honest heroes, and the man who would not deceive a man who sought to kill him or burn his house would be considered a fool and not worth saving.

They were professional war spies, and they acquired a marvelous ability.

They were the couriers of the night, the spies of their districts upon neighboring clans.

I am convinced they must have had spies night and day on our motionsyet so secretly and cautiously, that no glimpse of one has yet been seen by any of our people.

" "If these chaps really I are spiesthe spies we have been warned againstthe fellows we were sent forth to meet, why, there may be a bit of action here.

" "Because," was the reply, "there are spies in every branch and department of the government.

"Now then, just tell that Hawkshaw we don't want no dam' spies in our house.

Jesuits, carabineers, and spies lorded it; distrust was the order of the day.

These two old hell-weathered Spaniards are worth watchingeach tossing spies over the other's fences, and openly conducting affairs with melting courtesy toward each otherbut I don't seem to have much appetite for the game.

"In books young girls have no end of adventures in war time, girls no older than we; they catch spies and outwit the enemy and save their lovers' lives and carry important messages, but nothing like that will ever happen to us.

They aren't spies like the Germans are.

She knew, from her spies, that on one market morning the two had met on the street in town.

His spies followed Rafael cautiously through the night, up to the gate of the Blue House.

Several times along the river-bank, as they rowed past the reeds, Rafael thought he heard the noise of snapping branches, the cautious footsteps of spies who were following them.

A large number are now with the French Army and the wonderful training they have received, aided by their natural sagacity, renders them a holy terror to prowling bodies and spies.

Therefore wherever they perceive such a state of things, they have their spies to watch against every deception that might be practised about such a new life, or at least at once to discover and publish what kind of delusions prevail in connection with it.

The former valiant gentleman, to whose ear the words were soon brought by his spies, whom he had plac'd behind the scenes to observe how the action was taken there, came immediately from the pit in a heat, and demanded to know of the author of those words if he was the person that spoke them?

Brigade of spies.

Brigade of spies.

You are accused as spies and enemies of the commonweal.

3102 examples of  spies  in sentences