How to Use cheat in a Sentence

cheat

1 of 2 verb

• I had to cheat in order to solve the puzzle.
• They cheated him out of a fair deal.
• The players were accused of cheating.
• The store cheats its customers through false advertising.
• And don’t cheat the process along the way.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
• Students write down a pledge not to cheat.
  — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
• There are things worse than cheating.
  — Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
• The fancy can’t cheat so well as it’s famed to do.
  — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
• And there was a lot of cheating going on.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
• To fight the natural urge to cheat the game.
  — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 25 May 2026
• Those of us watching at home were cheated out of that.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
• The penalty killers can’t cheat towards one or two guys.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
• Their reward was to be cheated.
  — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
• What's this about a cheating scandal?
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
• Children can cheat, destroy, throw tantrums.
  — Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
• The truth is that honest people can be and are cheated all the time.
  — Katrina Gulliver, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2023
• Such a regimen may not enable you to cheat death.
  — Jordan D. Metzl, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
• Plus, cheating with the secretary half your age is just so cliché.
  — Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
• Doping is cheating and these guys are not cheating.
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 23 May 2026
• Welker asked Trump about his cheating claims.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
• There is no need for Dems to cheat and deprive voters of their own choice.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
• Caregivers may be tempted to let kids win or even cheat to avoid meltdowns and tantrums.
  — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
• There was a time in sports — and in life — when the worst thing you could be accused of was cheating.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
• So that felt like a way to keep tension and stakes without cheating too many twists.
  — Max Gao, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
• How, exactly, does one cheat at rock skimming?
  — Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
• And their policy is so bad that the only way they can get elected is to cheat.
  — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
• That does not prove every student cheated.
  — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
• But as with any sector of society, there are bad actors who cheat to get ahead.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
• There are some that might say using shortcuts in cooking is cheating.
  — Julie Hirschhorn, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• You guys have been dealing with the fallout of this cheating scandal for three years.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025

cheat

2 of 2 noun

• What’s your favorite cheat food?
  — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
• And unlike video games, there are no cheat codes handy against this boss.
  — Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2022
• On set, the Ebos gave the cast and crew a cheat-code to tell them apart.
  — Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2022
• Rodgers' presence offers a cheat code of sorts.
  — CBS News, 20 May 2026
• The moment when something like this works feels like a hack or a cheat.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 May 2023
• That's like a cheat code right in your own home, use that to your advantage.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
• The Valentine’s Day cards felt like a quick cheat.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
• No one cheats like college football.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
• Just a bunch of great cheat codes that could help people who live in the inner city.
  — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
• Iran lies, cheats, blusters and bullies.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
• The cheat gets his comeuppance.
  — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
• For Bautista, a true cheat meal would mean going all in on pizza.
  — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
• His goal was to come with a guess as just how long ago each person's last cheat meal occurred.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 9 Nov. 2022
• Armed with his new cheat skills, Takeru begins his isekai journey!
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
• This is like the cheat code for late-stage capitalism.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
• And there’s a cheat code in the sister character.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
• Having a stash of shrimp in the freezer is one of life's best dinner cheat codes.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
• On the football field, his highlight reel runs looked like the product of a video game cheat code.
  — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022
• That’s been good news for tax cheats, the rich, and big corporations — but not for the poor.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2023
• The entire thing is a cheat to amuse and engage human beings.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
• Using them is like applying a video game cheat code to your cooking.
  — Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2022
• An oversized Oxford shirt is a rich-looking cheat code for the ages.
  — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
• Matching sets are my favorite travel cheat code, and this skirt set might be the chicest one in my cart right now.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
• Plus, who couldn’t use some extra pockets for mask storage and ballot cheat sheets this fall?
  — Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2020
• No computers or tablets in dugouts or bullpens, and no cheat-sheet cards for fielders or pitchers.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
• For the most part, if someone lies, cheats, or steals, they are shunned and excluded from future deals.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• That’s basically the cheat code to any travel wardrobe.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
• Others might feel the author cheats here, leaving it up to the reader to decide.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
• And then Bobby is just a cheat code for comedy writers.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 June 2026
• This might be a cheat, because of course Apple has the best official case.
  — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021