How to Use spy on in a Sentence

spy on

phrasal verb

• Your mom added her a few years ago, most likely to spy on your life.
  — Anne Lagamayo, Longreads, 11 May 2023
• Translation – you can be spied on and not even know it.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• Add insects to the quickly growing list of things DAS can spy on.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
• This new report may back up Trump's claim his 2016 campaign was spied on.
  — Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• The hoax appears to play off of fears of software used to spy on victims’ phones, known as spyware.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
• But, on the other hand, it’s not set up not to spy on presidents, either.
  — Jesse Gilbert, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
• One person can produce many drones that can be used to drop bombs or spy on the enemy.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
• The feds are spying on him and white supremacists are lurking in the shadows.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• The music video, on the other hand, was less subtle: In it, Timberlake thrashes the home of a Spears lookalike and spies on her in the shower.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• The Gulf state alleged the men were spying on its submarine program for Israel, one of the people said.
  — Rajesh Roy, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• The man is suspected of spying on women at a home on Dorothy Drive in late December.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• The big question is who bought access to NSO Group’s surveillance programs to spy on her device.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
• The man accused of spying on the anonymous plaintiff is facing trial in West Virginia.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Around that time, Andrew sent emails to his mother and sister that described neighbors spying on him.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
• Think of them like little spies on your finger, constantly keeping tabs on what's going on in your body.
  — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
• The dramatic and comedic trilogy that featured dapper spies on hot-pursuits around the world?
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 May 2023
• One of the best ways to protect yourself from being spied on is to have antivirus protection installed on all your devices.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• After all, the Japanese, like other allies, knew that the United States spies on partners.
  — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• Chaum asked: How can a bank or a network service provider provide a service to its users without spying on them while doing so?
  — Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
• However, in August 2022, malicious code was included in the app to enable it to spy on users.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Canceling their flights, using drones to spy on their plays and even traveling through time are some of the eccentric ideas proposed.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
• TikTok has long denied it could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Azerbaijan has also reportedly allowed the Israeli spy agency Mossad to use it as a hub to spy on Iran.
  — Max Saltman, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• Editor’s picks Near isn’t set up to spy on U.S. presidents, current or former.
  — Jesse Gilbert, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
• Zoom could spy on calls of other companies or harvest and sell user data to data brokers.
  — Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
• Despite the huge size of China’s market, companies like Twitter and Facebook were forced to steer clear of the country because Beijing’s rules would have required them to spy on users.
  — Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• But doing so will allow the Activator to secretly install the malware, which can spy on the Mac and receive commands from the hacker’s server.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
• After meeting a real-life spy on a train — Sam Rockwell's Aidan — Elly finds herself in the middle of high-stakes espionage similar to her books.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Avoid using apps like Temu Certain readily available apps are made to spy on you and harvest your personal data .
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• Foreign governments can generally spy on, steal from, or even kill Americans with impunity, at least in the eyes of U.S. courts.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024