How to use spy in a sentence

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• Once he'd spied out my weaknesses, he'd know how to apply pressure.From the entry once
• The spy made the drop, leaving the plans under the tree as arranged.From the entry drop
• Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!From the entry pervert
• She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.From the entry manhood
• Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.From the entry daylight
• Little did anyone suspect that the military attaché was one of the world's craftiest spies.From the entry attaché
• The spy program was very hush-hush: no-one ever spoke of it.From the entry hush-hush
• In the movies spies are always talking over cell phones with built-in scramblers.From the entry scrambler
• He lived a double life as both a British diplomat and a Soviet spy.From the entry double life
• Counterintelligence agents discovered the British diplomat's double life as a Soviet spy.From the entry double life
• Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.From the entry disguise
• The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.From the entry pretext
• On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.From the entry surface
• Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.From the entry communication
• Using the sophisticated code was useless since the spy merely stole the plain text from the waste basket.From the entry plain text
• The spy infiltrated the high-tech company and stole many secrets.From the entry infiltrate
• The agency infiltrated several spies into the company.From the entry infiltrate
• The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'.From the entry cryptonym
• The army flushed out the enemy spy.From the entry flush out
• The government ordered the spies to be terminated with extreme prejudice: they did not want them to expose what they knew in a public trial.From the entry terminate with extreme prejudice
• The threat of retaliation “exponentially increases when Trump calls you a spy.”2019 October 4, Joe Davidson, “Perspective | Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’”…. From the entry professional suicide
• These are the crazy things you see when you spy on your boyfriend through a skylight.2019, Jess Lourey, October Fest. From the entry pink oboe
• That person—not my sister—has been spying on us and stole the spell books from my house.2018, K. M. Waller, Lost Souls ParaAgency and the Three Witches of Burberry. From the entry instafamous
• For instance, after Steed says she and a Russian spy will be working “cheek to jowl,” Mrs.2015, Tom Soter, Investigating Couples, page 89. From the entry cheek to jowl
• She suffered psychotic episodes during which she believed herself to be spied upon by light bulbs.2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 152. From the entry psychotic
• I think she tried to put a curse on me because I was spying on her.2014, Miranda Sherry, Black Dog Summer, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry sangoma
• Could you tell the difference between a “spy hop” and “lobtailing”?2012, James Doyle, A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring, Gibbs Smith, page 142. From the entry spy hop
• Spy hopping is a very clever and controlled behavior carried out by whales.2012, James Doyle, A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring, Gibbs Smith, page 142. From the entry spy hopping
• I told him we aren't about to strikebreak—there are too many spies around.2012, Christopher Isherwood, Katherine Bucknell, Liberation: Diaries, page 347. From the entry strikebreak
• He spies a group of Irish officers astraddle the road, conferring on horseback.2011, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 22, in A Good Man, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, page 359. From the entry astraddle
• God above, this man was as chiseled as the statues she'd spied in the Louvre.2011, Tara Kingston, Claimed by the Spymaster, page 68. From the entry louvre
• Who did I spy coming out of a fast sheet joint at Forty-sixth Street?2011, Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby, page 207. From the entry fast sheet
• There is no spy program or dicipline enforced by the service provider.2011 January 29, Nielslau, “An evening on Yahoo Chess”, in Kenya Chess Forum (Google Groups), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026. From the entry Yahooer
• But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?2009 July 24, “Spies like them”, in BBC News Magazine. From the entry spook
• I am sorry it didn’t involve spies or pirates or what have you.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry what have you
• Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry tapu

Meaning of spy

1. noun A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
2. noun A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
3. verb To act as a spy.

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Questions about spy in a sentence

How do you use spy in a sentence?

Spy is used as a noun and verb. For example: “During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.”

What is a short sentence with spy?

“The army flushed out the enemy spy.”

What does spy mean?

Spy means a person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).