How to Use decode in a Sentence

decode

verb

• I'm trying to decode the expression on her face.
• Readers can easily decode the novel's imagery.
• The box decodes the digital signal for your CD player.
• My mother’s look was easy to decode.
  — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
• The time required to decode a genome has plunged to days rather than years or months.
  — David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
• Reading is a tool for the brothers to help decode the world around them.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• The point is not that these letters decode Williams once and for all.
  — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
• In the decades since, few people have bothered to learn how to decode the notes.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2018
• Even with that enormous head start, decoding the script still took two decades.
  — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
• Then all that’s left is to locate a bird translator to decode them.
  — Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• Second, abstract thought is hard to decode.
  — Somdip Dey, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• There are just so many things that can muddle our ability to decode the signs of love.
  — Serena Coady, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2024
• My mom could decode all the plaques in elevators—not by touch, but by sight.
  — Lisa Solomon, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2021
• There is no truth to be found in the mind of a rapist; there’s no logic there to be parsed or decoded.
  — Amanda Nguyen, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
• The next step in smelling is to decode those chemical messages.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
• This is phonics, a way of learning to read in which children are taught to decode words.
  — The Economist, 18 July 2019
• Firms that learn to decode that message gain insight others miss.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• Tsao is best known for decoding how macaque monkeys perceive faces.
  — James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
• Users don’t want to decode menu structures or hunt through static pages on your website.
  — Danika Wong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
• Name what would feel balanced, then put the promise somewhere no one has to decode it.
  — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
• In the end, teams use the rings to decode a word puzzle, and whoever solves it fastest, wins.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• Part of the fun of your band has been its ability to be obsessed over and decoded.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2018
• The White River is a big river with a lot of new places to decode.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
• Here's a guide to decoding if the wound on your skin has become infected and ways to treat it.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 14 July 2023
• The goal is to decode the test and surface the underlying need.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• The team went on to decode and exploit the car’s computer software.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2021
• Barnett, an avid surfer and diver, spent a lot of time trying to decode what nature was telling him.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
• The runner would decode the catcher’s sign and signal the batter.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
• The runner would decode the catcher's sign and signal the batter.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2020
• Some teachers say the hurdle is not only decoding text.
  — Wyles Daniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2026