Example Sentences

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A few weeks before, her year five class had been deciphering the word - meaning made lazy or idle - in one of Shakespeare's plays.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023

He determined to begin first with the despatch which he had been deciphering.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Edgeworth, Maria

This was the story I had been deciphering in a back room of a country inn, overlooking a cabbage garden.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

The urn stood in a handy place of honor upon the desk itself as the Dean had been deciphering the inscriptions upon it.

From Kit of Greenacre Farm by Forrester, Izola L. (Izola Louise)