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
• 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
• The pull of tides and the sway of nature were easier to decipher than the riddle within.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• What’s more, the state forms ask lots of questions that can be difficult to decipher.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 6 Aug. 2020
• Some of the posters, cartoons, and graffiti on the wall were hard for me, as a Mandarin speaker, to decipher.
  — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
• Seales has been working on techniques to decipher the scrolls for over 20 years.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• As Guidry and Bowen try to decipher what led to Adam’s murder, viewers are taken on a ride.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 May 2025
• Fox News has obtained two of the emails sent to Jordan, most of which are hard to decipher and peppered with emojis.
  — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, 6 July 2018
• When so few bills get passed in D.C., votes are often the best way to decipher what someone's true impact is.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
• What's not always easy to decipher, however, is what represents real change and what's just noise.
  — Kevin Akeroyd, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025