Sentence examples for a decoy from inspiring English sources

'a decoy' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to something or someone who is deliberately used to attract attention away from something else. For example, "The police used a decoy to distract the thief while they moved in for the arrest."

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It's a decoy".

They build a decoy nest.

But it was a decoy.

But that was a decoy.

The lofty name — a decoy?

"I'm basically a decoy," Johnson said.

But the language is a decoy.

The foot story was a decoy.

"I don't care if I'm a decoy.

The obvious one was a decoy".

A decoy to keep us distracted for a while.

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