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
• As an adult, Beth Raymer came into possession of recordings from phone taps that her father once used to spy on his wife.
  — Longreads, 20 Sep. 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
• Some families may not like the premise that the elf is spying on their kids and reporting their behavior to Santa.
  — Apryl Duncan, Parents, 29 July 2024
• 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
• The technology is similar to that used in Dash carts, which Amazon has insisted in the past is not used to spy on shoppers.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
• 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
• The site also says police distributed an update to hackers who used the Redline and Meta malware designed to spy on them.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
• In the late 1980s, he was sued by political opponents who accused him of spying on them, The Times reported.
  — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
• And who would have been spying on our heroes all this time, leaving them threatening notes to stop the podcast, placing hidden cameras in their flats?
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 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

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024