How to Use decipher in a Sentence

decipher

verb
  • I couldn't decipher his sloppy handwriting.
  • The changes in the way Fox deciphers the game feel real.
    Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • In both, the seekers try to decipher the clues in front of them.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022
  • The origin of some names is easy to decipher – Like the King is a son of Like a Queen.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Your feedback comes in the form of a score, chart, and graph, which are easy to decipher.
    Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 22 Aug. 2019
  • And, trying to decipher the mindset of those around the horse is so key.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Some of the what Olson says at that point is hard to decipher.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • At the end of the night, you’re left trying to decipher one carrier from the next.
    Addie Morton, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • And one of the reasons why the president gets paid the big bucks is to decipher all that.
    CBS News, 8 June 2022
  • Trying to decipher the thrust of the Huskies' new offense.
    oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The first step is to decipher a code etched onto the Reba flag.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • All this can be hard to decipher which linen set is the best option for your home.
    Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
  • In what will be a four- or five-game season, two games will have to be enough to decipher.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
  • For starters, the orb might have coding flaws that could let a hacker decipher all the iris scans.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 25 July 2023
  • With any luck, though, there’s still time to decipher what happened, and to seek solace in the telling.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Twitter feed to decipher what might be in store for them in the lead-up to the announcement.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Both men laughed heartily and said things that were hard to decipher on the recording.
    Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • And there's just no way this show would make his first clue package that easy to decipher.
    Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • After meeting the real Jonathan and Drew, Niko and Marko were able to decipher who's who out of the pair.
    Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The pull of tides and the sway of nature were easier to decipher than the riddle within.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • This leaves only one Dead Sea Scroll that has yet to be deciphered.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The paintings can be daunting to decipher, but that is where the magic is.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
  • Here's our guide to deciphering the pantheon of fruit desserts.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
  • They’re also asked to decipher a nation that makes less and less sense.
    Jerry Brewer, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • From red to red One half of the Arsenal dilemma is soon to be deciphered, at long last.
    Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • As the cars zoomed around the track, spectators squinted to decipher whose ride was whose.
    William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
  • In the months since the law passed, workers and employers have been seeking help to decipher it.
    Calmatters, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024
  • The key moment in the video is hard to decipher because of how far away the drone was and how small a figure Rittenhouse is in the frame.
    Arkansas Online, 18 Nov. 2021
  • And throughout those 500 years, no one could decipher it.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 19 July 2018
  • We’re left to decipher the difference between fact and fiction.
    Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025

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