How to Use spy in a Sentence

spy

1 of 2 verb

• I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there.
• They were accused of spying for a foreign government.
• Even the God of Thunder couldn't help but spy on our track day with a Z06.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 29 Dec. 2022
• The concern isn’t that the board will spy on Americans.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 May 2022
• Not long after, a neighbor spied the smoke behind the house and smelled the chicken.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
• But then, around 2 a.m., a sharp-eyed team member spies the tracks of a baby turtle in the dark and traces it back to a nest.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• His suspicions are correct when it's revealed that Strauss put her on the team and asks her to spy on the BAU.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• The private beach has gentle surf and at low tide, kids can spy little sea creatures in the tide pools.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
• So the Chinese launched this balloon to spy directly on the United States?
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
• And he was accused of trying to spy for a hostile state, identified by the BBC as Iran.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• Once ensconced, Wyatt could spy on the Muskie campaign.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
• Looking over my shoulder, my son spied a small white box in my carry-on.
  — Katie James Watkinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2024
• The road meets the water at 1.8 miles where hikers may explore along the rocky banks and spindly velvet ash trees to spy trout swimming in deep pools.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2022
• Each side flies surveillance drones to spy on the other and to identify targets to shell.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
• The brothers spy from behind a trolley as Evelyn and Harris’ red-hot lust rips the dining room apart.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Members of the local defense force and other civilians began to spy on Russian troops in the city.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• Passengers may spy mergansers and mallards, deer, and even black bears.
  — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
• The Zwicky Transient Facility is one of the largest used to study the universe and spy unusual cosmic events.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
• Min-jae proceeds to spy on his new boss, but its hard not to like Kang-yoon or be impressed by the aura of success that surrounds him.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• In the middle of the show, right after Monroe leaves the stage and just before her glam squad arrives onstage for a touch up, Carey spies a puddle on the floor.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• Their romance was confirmed a few months later when they were spied sharing a kiss in London.
  — Alex Kessler, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2023
• We’re told to watch for fire ants, will spy tiny hopping frogs and many tree branches contain some sort of colorful pet.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The couple dated for almost two years, with Wilde frequently spied wearing the pop star’s tour merch.
  — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
• Here, guests will spy a hanging monkey, trying to manipulate the clock to give him more food.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Bring binoculars to spy great views of mountaineers making summit bids higher on the peak.
  — Joe Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2022
• The lithe and lively barracuda is a bucket-list-worthy animal to spy while snorkelling or diving in the park.
  — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Baugh then recruited Harville to go with him to Boston to spy on the couple, authorities say.
  — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2022
• Soon after, Peterson spied a dark object on the ship’s starboard side.
  — Longreads, 4 May 2023
• Before the mists part and reveal her new home, the family spies two giant stone dragons, the lanterns in their gaping jaws guiding travelers into the bay.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
• Ironically, the best evidence that Oppenheimer never spied for the Russians comes from Soviet intelligence sources.
  — TIME, 8 Mar. 2024

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spy

2 of 2 noun

• My coworker is a spy for the boss.
• He was a spy for the CIA.
• The landscape of the spy world is changing, and The Agency is now finding its way with Lana at the helm.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2023
• The office, known as the NRO, is in charge of America’s spy satellites.
  — Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
• Can the kids become spies themselves in time to rescue their parents and save the world?
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
• Steele is a former British spy who at one point was in charge of the service’s Russia desk.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
• The former spy, dressed in khakis and black Crocs, grinned ruefully.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• Tedros — seriously who picked these names? — spies her and heads over for a dance.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 4 June 2023
• Strap in and let Netflix's newest spy thriller take you on a ride Jack Ryan has more than prepared you for.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
• Despite the war raging around it, the city’s French concession is decadent and full of spies.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• The spy allegedly sent Wei $5,000 as a reward for the manuals.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• For the past decade, Ashby has made a side career writing spy novels.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• Francesca Sloane loves those scenes in spy movies when a man and a woman on the run evade their pursuers with an impromptu kiss.
  — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Sporty Paradise: Camp, hike, climb glaciers, parasail, spy wildlife.
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The case has put a spotlight on Cuba's spy agency, which is considered one of the most effective in the world.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
• This film tells the shocking true story of a Soviet spy at Los Alamos.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara Julius Lasin usa Today, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• As laid out in the 49-page indictment unsealed last week, Trump is not being accused of being a spy.
  — Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• The kinds that people would be aware of are the types that picked up the Chinese spy balloon that entered over the Aleutian Islands in January.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Based on our spy photos, the Lightning may soon be getting a similar type of treatment.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
• Now, she's been transformed into a golden blonde with bangs for the meta spy film Argylle, which comes out in February of next year.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
• Russia, which claims Cherkasov is not a spy, says he is wanted there for narcotics trafficking.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 28 July 2023
• Three Spy Kids movies and four Mission: Impossible flicks mean the whole family can get in the spy spirit.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2023
• These missions were the first of the Keyhole series of spy satellites that the US continues to operate today.
  — Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
• The two starred alongside each other in Get Smart, an action spy comedy film released in 2008.
  — Dayna Haffenden, Peoplemag, 1 July 2023
• Rockwell plays Aidan, a real spy, not a fictional one, who scoops Elly off a train en route to her parents’ house.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Here is what the spy said: Compliment him on his success and accomplishments.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2023
• Surely this movie couldn’t be just another guns-blazing spy thriller?
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2024
• Lewis and Pearce make for formidable foes and friends in this smart spy thriller, based on Ben Macintyre’s 2014 book about two very real men.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2023
• Once it was actually filmed, and subtitles were added to the multiple time lines and the twisty spy plot, the show seemed more complicated than before.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• American spy satellites furnished Israel with precise data about Iran’s missile sites and monitored all the launches on Saturday.
  — Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024