How to Use Morse code in a Sentence

Morse code

noun
  • Beepers and Morse code are also involved.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Many couples use it as their own kind of signal—like a personal Morse code for affection.
    — Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In a 1916 study, Navy soldiers seemed to better learn Morse code when it was played overnight.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • Bumblebees can separate dot-like and dash-like flashes in a way that resembles Morse code.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Nov. 2025
  • This disconnect has consequences beyond whether someone else can understand your Morse code version of a song.
    — Tommy Blanchard, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Morse code rendered in diamonds offers a modern interpretation of secret language.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts.
    — Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • In one experiment with sensors attached to index fingers, a volunteer was able to send messages using Morse code, with a bent finger representing a dash and a straight finger a dot.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In an attempt to save the lives of those in the flooding shelter, Major Brittle rapidly flickered lights, like Morse code, trying to get the attention of helicopters.
    — Sophia Leone, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication by transmitting messages in Morse code over wires.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Guests of the new Ball Access Experience will have the opportunity to craft a special message that will be translated into Morse code and displayed via the lights on the ball on New Year’s Eve.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The aviation themes of Air Afrique, which is named after the defunct Pan-African airline, are emphasized through Morse code on the outsole and a jacquard insole patterned after the seats on Air Afrique aircrafts.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • During the 24-hour event, the goal is to make contact with as many other licensed ham operators as possible using various modes, such as voice, Morse code, packet radio, high frequency, low frequency, satellites and even a moon bounce, organizers said.
    — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Watching Irina Morozova use her own tooth to have a few illuminating chats with her fellow inmates via Morse code, I was powerfully reminded of the gulf between her, a woman made of adamantium, and me, a soft little house cat in human form.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The brutal death of Sean Astin’s Bob, as witnessed by Winona Ryder’s screaming Joyce, is genuinely horrific, after which our heroes get to grips with their nemesis and communicate with Will via Morse code.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2025

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