How to Use decode in a Sentence

decode

verb

• I'm trying to decode the expression on her face.
• Readers can easily decode the novel's imagery.
• The box decodes the digital signal for your CD player.
• Even after decoding what costs are covered under each option, which is right for you?
  — Jessica Levy, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
• But the Astros decoded something in the pitch in Game 7.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• The next James Bond might have a hard time decoding top secret documents.
  — Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS, 31 Oct. 2017
• There was lot to unpack, which means decoding the actual video will be even more complicated.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 26 Oct. 2017
• That's been par for the course for Reputation, after all: Swift drops a new song or video, and fans spend hours decoding it like detectives.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2017
• Invisibilia is heady stuff, and Spiegel and Rosin are excellent guides for the journey to decode our tangled minds.
  — Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2017
• There are more prosaic problems for Google and its competitors than decoding the fundamentals of speech.
  — Time, 12 Oct. 2017
• It's been over a month since Taylor Swift released her new album, Reputation, and fans are still decoding the lyrics.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2017
• Olivier Saillard has immersed himself in the Louis Vuitton archives to decode its secrets.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 Oct. 2017
• And, of course, trust no one — as if that trip to the market weren't already fraught with carb counting, organic versus natural, and decoding countless cover names for corn syrup.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• Reading is a tool for the brothers to help decode the world around them.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• In the decades since, few people have bothered to learn how to decode the notes.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2018
• The time required to decode a genome has plunged to days rather than years or months.
  — David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
• Your first step is to decode what may be causing the pain (check!).
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• In the end, teams use the rings to decode a word puzzle, and whoever solves it fastest, wins.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• The team's staff and players would sit in front of the monitor and attempt to decode the signals on the screen.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
• But for now, the quest to decode the human brain continues.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2018
• Their efforts have decoded around 5% of the first scroll.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
• The runner would decode the catcher’s sign and signal the batter.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
• The runner would decode the catcher's sign and signal the batter.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2020
• This is phonics, a way of learning to read in which children are taught to decode words.
  — The Economist, 18 July 2019
• There are just so many things that can muddle our ability to decode the signs of love.
  — Serena Coady, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2024
• The team went on to decode and exploit the car’s computer software.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2021
• Part of the fun of your band has been its ability to be obsessed over and decoded.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2018
• Here's a guide to decoding if the wound on your skin has become infected and ways to treat it.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 14 July 2023
• Players and staff would then decode the signs from opposing catchers, and then relay what pitch was coming with a loud noise.
  — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
• The BCIs used in those studies were clunky setups that required running a cable from the research participants’ head to a computer that decodes brain signals.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Jan 2025