How to Use decipher in a Sentence

decipher

verb

• I couldn't decipher his sloppy handwriting.
• In both, the seekers try to decipher the clues in front of them.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022
• The origin of some names is easy to decipher – Like the King is a son of Like a Queen.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2021
• Some of the what Olson says at that point is hard to decipher.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
• At the end of the night, you’re left trying to decipher one carrier from the next.
  — Addie Morton, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
• And one of the reasons why the president gets paid the big bucks is to decipher all that.
  — CBS News, 8 June 2022
• The first step is to decipher a code etched onto the Reba flag.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• In what will be a four- or five-game season, two games will have to be enough to decipher.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
• For starters, the orb might have coding flaws that could let a hacker decipher all the iris scans.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 25 July 2023
• With any luck, though, there’s still time to decipher what happened, and to seek solace in the telling.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• Twitter feed to decipher what might be in store for them in the lead-up to the announcement.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
• Both men laughed heartily and said things that were hard to decipher on the recording.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
• The pull of tides and the sway of nature were easier to decipher than the riddle within.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
• Here's our guide to deciphering the pantheon of fruit desserts.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
• They’re also asked to decipher a nation that makes less and less sense.
  — Jerry Brewer, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
• In the months since the law passed, workers and employers have been seeking help to decipher it.
  — Calmatters, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024
• The key moment in the video is hard to decipher because of how far away the drone was and how small a figure Rittenhouse is in the frame.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Nov. 2021
• Seales has been working on techniques to decipher the scrolls for over 20 years.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• When so few bills get passed in D.C., votes are often the best way to decipher what someone's true impact is.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
• In near-instant time, the beeps could be deciphered by Morse-code stations thousands of miles away.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
• The scholars who set out to decipher the Rosetta Stone faced an array of challenges.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
• Lula has to decipher this silence and bring the military to his side.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
• Teachers asked students to look at a picture to help decipher words or think about the story plot.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
• And the new 5-inch, color TFT display is sharp, easy to decipher and adds to the bike’s futuristic styling.
  — Manuel Carrillo Iii, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2021
• The slick contraption could decipher a code so small that it could be printed on a pack of chewing gum.
  — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
• The Florentines and the Popes would also send him letters to decipher.
  — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2024
• The recordings are also a bit difficult to decipher, as they are listed by day/time and channel, not by the name of the show.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• The difference is hard to decipher when the bills come due, which happens faster than usual under the new league rules.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 15 July 2023
• To decipher her code, translate the picture (or pictures) on each card into two words, then anagram the letters to spell out one of the dishes depicted on the right.
  — Suerynn Lee, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
• Riffle’s pathologists needed more than Bonneville County was giving them to decipher deaths at an autopsy table 300 miles from the death scene.
  — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Jan 2025