How to use "decoy" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "decoy" in popular movie and book plots

  • The couple travel to East Berlin, pursued by the Stasi, in a decoy bus operated by the network, led by mr Jacobi (David Opatoshu).  - Torn Curtain
  • Once there, they battle what they think to be Anubis, but it is later revealed to be a decoy with Ken inside.  - Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
  • The lure itself will be a decoy locust mating call, generated electronically with test-tone oscillators.  - Beginning of the End (film)
  • Snake infiltrates the enemy's jungle base with the help of John, who acts as a decoy by allowing himself to be captured.  - Snake's Revenge
  • There he uses a decoy boy to distract Libby, knocks her unconscious, and locks her in a casket inside a mausoleum.  - Double Jeopardy (1999 film)
  • Porky wears a decoy on his head, walks underwater and tries to shoot Daffy, but the gun shoots out water instead of bullets.  - Porky's Duck Hunt
  • Queen Clarisse provides an ancestral wooden leg decoy to make it look like she's riding sidesaddle.  - The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
  • He quickly learns that the theft of his flag was simply a decoy to lure him away from Akrillic and leave it unguarded.  - Plok
  • However, this "Key" is a decoy and, when touched, activates ancient machinery that causes the statue to move.  - The Keys of Marinus
  • McIntosh suggests a decoy plan to make Ulzana falsely believe that his tactics are successful.  - Ulzana's Raid
  • Shortly afterwards, Acheron again ambushes Surprise, but Aubrey slips away in the night by using a clever decoy buoy and ships lamps.  - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • When the plan goes awry, Piglet saves the day by trapping the bees in a decoy hive; but nobody notices what Piglet has done.  - Piglet's Big Movie
  • The unmanned shuttle sent as a decoy is shot down over Brazil (the location of the former compound of the Hegemon, now occupied by Achilles).  - Shadow Puppets
  • She transforms Yubaba's baby son Boh into a mouse, creates a decoy baby and turns Yubaba's bird creature into a tiny bird.  - Spirited Away
  • During his search of the Missouri, he picks up Tate, an innocent decoy in Strannix's plan, and allows her to tag along.  - Under Siege
  • But Gutman discovers it is a fake (a decoy made by General Kemidov).  - The Maltese Falcon (novel)

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