How to Use code word in a Sentence

code word

noun

• The code word “conflict” has been used for what some people are calling a war.
• And how did the parents find out about their secret code word?
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 18 June 2020
• One customer had a vicious dog that had a code word to call off attacks.
  — cleveland, 11 June 2022
• Have a safety plan and a family code word.
  — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
• But instead of making this about me this is about stereotypes and code words.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 9 Jan. 2018
• Movies often have code words, and there were a variety of code words for this movie.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
• What sort of people name their child a code word like Amaryllis Fox?
  — Jim Higdon, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2020
• Her name itself sounds like a code word meant to convey some secret meaning.
  — Jim Higdon, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2020
• In the high-end gem trade, certain origins are code words for excellence.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
• Was there literally a code word?
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
• Sampson says her family now uses a code word.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 May 2026
• The police advise people to use a code word only the parents and child know.
  — Heloise, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
• Type in the code word from the June/July issue and enter here to win!
  — Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 31 July 2011
• To coordinate events in real time, the team used code words and hand signals.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
• But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
  — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
• To communicate about a critic, some restaurants have their own code words.
  — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2017
• So, the vertices that are indexing positions of my code word.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
• That is why a simple family code word can help stop panic before money changes hands.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• The mobile app allows parents to create a code word for drivers to say when picking up the child.
  — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
• Rana recommends coming up with a secret code word to use with your family.
  — Audrey Nguyen, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
• Merchant allegedly used fabric weights as code words for different parts of the crime.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024
• Apple—that was the code word the Commander himself had chosen.
  — Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
• Some gathered in circles to learn how to tie figure-eight knots or to strategize about code words and hide-outs in the event of police raid.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The posts are promptly posted and removed with code words and emojis used to market and sell illicit drugs.
  — Nickolaus Hayes, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
• There is always a master plan shrouded in secrecy and protected by code words.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
• Prudent families can also come up with a code word to use in an emergency which a scammer will never know.
  — Steve Weisman, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
• The code word exchange deflates the tension, but the kid's not comfortable rendezvousing in the woods.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• With first basemen within earshot, Goodwin sometimes will use code words to get the message across to the runner.
  — Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• O’Neil said there’s a code word known to the students and staff that gets said over PA systems during the drill.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
• And even when a company bans ads for a particular product, like ivory, sellers simply come up with a code word.
  — National Geographic, 7 Mar. 2018