How do you use Decoy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like lure or entice, plus the exact meaning.
Decoy meaning
- A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
- Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
Synonyms of Decoy
Using Decoy
- The main meaning on this page is: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. | A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game. | Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
- Useful related words include: lure, entice, device, bait.
- In the example corpus, decoy often appears in combinations such as: the decoy, as decoy, decoy to.
Context around Decoy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decoy
- In this selection, "decoy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, railport, dummy, suspected, pegmatite, bank and profile stand out and add context to how "decoy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a suspected decoy and about the decoy script that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decoy" sits close to words such as abeokuta, abstained and accenture, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decoy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Flying Scotsman will be based at Freightliner Railport, Decoy Bank South. (11 words)
As an undersized target, he was the decoy who turned out to be the hero. (15 words)
Brownlow did not speak with the decoy from December 2020 to July 2021 but started again that month. (18 words)
Telegram channel General SVR, which claims to be owned by an insider in the Kremlin and often leaks details about life at the heart of Russian politics, said the President was returning to his official residence in a decoy or “backup” motorcade. (42 words)
Prio to sharing the display, the Reddit founder pulled a gender reveal prank on his partner by giving her a decoy cake that was yellow inside, instead of the usual blue or pink to indicate what the baby’s gender is. (41 words)
At one point, they left a police station in a taxi, which they hoped would act as a decoy, but it did not work and photographs were taken of them in the vehicle, it is claimed. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A maiden program is being prepared to drill the Decoy pegmatite and details will be disclosed in the February update.
As an undersized target, he was the decoy who turned out to be the hero.
At one point, they left a police station in a taxi, which they hoped would act as a decoy, but it did not work and photographs were taken of them in the vehicle, it is claimed.
Baldwin, 48, of Blackmore End, Braintree, first began talking to the girl, who was actually a decoy from an online child activist group, on Facebook in January 2021.
Flying Scotsman will be based at Freightliner Railport, Decoy Bank South.
Granted that the letter is a smokescreen to endorse Peter Obi doesn’t really conclude him being the dummy decoy.
On Friday (December 22) prosecutor Quiana Fitzpatrick told the court that paedophile hunters set up a decoy profile on Facebook, purporting to be a 13-year-old girl, when Marston initiated contact in January 2020.
Police used a decoy customer to strike a deal with the accused and then raided the flat on Friday and rescued a 17-year-old girl, the ACP said.
Police were called to the property by his wife – who has multiple sclerosis – after members of the group turned up to confront him over the messages he had sent to the decoy.
Prio to sharing the display, the Reddit founder pulled a gender reveal prank on his partner by giving her a decoy cake that was yellow inside, instead of the usual blue or pink to indicate what the baby’s gender is.
Prosecuting, Marion Smullen told the court hearing on Wednesday, April 5, that the decoy account received a message from Short on March 16, 2021.
Sadly, this post is not about the decoy script that Marvel likely commissioned for "Quantumania," but a winking prank played by the film's screenwriter, Jeff Loveness.
So, what you're going to do with those three items listed above is make a decoy hornet's nest.
Telegram channel General SVR, which claims to be owned by an insider in the Kremlin and often leaks details about life at the heart of Russian politics, said the President was returning to his official residence in a decoy or “backup” motorcade.
The £200 worth of spirits and £1.65 bottle of milk were taken by one man while shop staff were distracted by a suspected decoy.
The drones work in teams, one drone will act as a decoy, flying high and attracting AA radars, while the others swarm in and take out the AA radars.
The Zeiss Hide, Decoy Hide and hides which lead to WWT Slimbridge’s Estuary Tower are also good spots for visitors to catch a glimpse of feeding kingfishers.
An Aberdeen paedophile sent sick messages and exposed himself on a video call to a decoy posing as a 14-year-old girl online.
Bellingham deserves credit for making a decoy run and Clarke was tempted to play him in, only to delay by a fraction of a second and feed Rusyn instead.
Brownlow did not speak with the decoy from December 2020 to July 2021 but started again that month.
Common combinations with decoy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the decoy 18×
- as decoy 18×
- decoy to 8×
- decoy for 4×
- decoy from 3×
- decoy in 3×
- decoy and 3×
- decoy but 2×
- actually decoy 2×
- decoy profile 2×