Example sentences for: spied

How can you use “spied” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Times says the British press is saying that soon up to a dozen more Britons who spied for Soviet intelligence will be unmasked, including a now-dead prominent public figure.

  • And contrary to his defenders' claim, Pollard spied principally for money, not to help Israel.

  • The FBI had spied on a wide range of political figures, especially individuals whom Hoover wanted to discredit (notably the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.), and had authorized unlawful wiretaps and surveillance.

  • Most of the white boards you've seen were spied while you were escorted about by PR flacks or techs and suits on a PR mission.

  • One person I know quit his dentist when he spied a pamphlet in the office instructing the dentist in how to get his patients to "trade up" to more expensive treatment.


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