Examples of “spy” in a Sentence

noun A person who secretly gathers information about others, often for a government or rival organization.

• In the film, a spy hides secret messages inside library books.
• Nobody suspected that the quiet clerk was really a spy for another country.
• The novel follows a Cold War spy working undercover in Berlin.

verb To secretly watch or gather information on someone.

• He was caught spying on his neighbors through a gap in the hedge.
• Some companies spy on their rivals to learn about future products.
• The agency was accused of spying on foreign diplomats.

verb To catch sight of something, often unexpectedly.

• Through the binoculars I could spy a tiny boat far out at sea.
• From the hilltop we could spy the sea shimmering in the distance.
• She spied a familiar face in the crowd.