How to Use double agent in a Sentence

double agent

noun
  • He was secretly working as a double agent for the Americans during the war.
  • The artist is playing a risky role here, that of double agent.
    — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Will there be more paranoia about double agent demigods?
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
  • More like being a double agent.
    — Richard Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
  • And where Clara is going to find a double agent.
    — John Kenney, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Mark had urged her to play the double agent, using Fred in return.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Some refuse to cooperate, some may even act as double agents.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • He has also been charged with money laundering based on bribes made to the double agent.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2022
  • And that was before Lizzie’s husband was murdered by a double agent.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Buchanan-Dineen’s work as a double agent brought her no benefits.
    — Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Richardson will only give the go order if Martian agrees to serve as a double agent.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Refuge The Refuge gets extra points for being a double agent.
    — azcentral, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The canary trap is a simple tool often used to identify leakers or double agents.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026
  • Mr Skripal is a former Russian spy who was exposed as a double agent.
    — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Skripal is a former double agent working against the Kremlin.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Was the leader of the Mongols motorcycle gang a double agent for the feds?
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • Skripal was a double agent who betrayed Russia by spying for the West.
    — James Rogers, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Bernadine appeared to be useless—or, worse, a potential double agent.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Philby’s been identified as a double agent and Elliott’s sent to Beirut to bring him home.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • This movie features Rosamund Pike as a sexy double agent and, yes, an invisible car speeding across a frozen lake.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Hilde became a double agent, later joining with Edda in her attempt to get the diaries to safety.
    — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
  • And a misstep during the chase, the recruitment of a double agent, led to one of the bloodiest days in the agency’s history.
    — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In addition to being a double agent, the captain is biracial, half French and half Vietnamese.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • But the official was a double agent working for the FBI, the department said.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2022
  • So when you were first cast, did showrunner Angela or anyone give you Dante’s entire arc and all the info in terms of him being a double agent?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Gus coerces Nacho to do his bidding under the threat of killing his father, forcing him to act as a double agent.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Apr. 2022
  • This is the moment when Payton realizes Astrid is a double agent feeding dirt to Hadassah.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 24 June 2020
  • Kuper, who interviewed the double agent in 2012, claims that Blake felt no remorse for his actions.
    — Simon Kuper, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
  • His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Yet Willard comes to believe Kurtz was correct to believe all four were double agents working for the Communists.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019

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