decode

Example Sentences

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There was a look in her eyes— dark, sharp, set under papery wrinkled lids—that Christopher could not begin to decode.

From Literature

“Exactly. Thank you for understanding. I was so intent on decoding Willa’s mission that I underestimated Fleetwood’s ability to move quickly, and now he’s here, and—” My voice cracks with emotion.

From Literature

The TV guide helpfully decoded what I was watching: a film called “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains,” and it was showing on Night Flight.

From Salon

"It's easier to have a spatial mapping of what you're trying to decode compared to the lower limbs."

From Science Daily

It abandoned the hokum that convinced educators that they could teach kids to read through pictures and context clues rather than decoding words.

From The Wall Street Journal