How to Use espionage in a Sentence

espionage

noun
  • He was charged with several counts of espionage.
  • Wei was charged that day with espionage and pleaded not guilty.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • This all sounds like a pretty standard and fun spy/espionage thriller.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This is called the living-off-the-land technique in the world of espionage.
    — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 25 May 2023
  • Frankly, this is a great idea for a corporate espionage thriller.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Break out your finest suit and surveillance gear for these stylish espionage tales.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Evan Gershkovich has been detained on espionage charges for over a week.
    — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Fringe-lipped bats are masters of acoustic espionage.
    — Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
  • He was charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor.
    — Cary Junior Ii, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Some of those accused of espionage are facing the death penalty.
    — Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The close study of humans, so crucial to espionage, is just as vital to the spy drama.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The espionage thriller is available to stream on Hulu.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The espionage charge carries penalties ranging from three years in prison to the death penalty.
    — Fox News, 1 June 2021
  • The two were charged with espionage just nine days after Meng was arrested.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The network could also likely be used for espionage.
    — Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The second is a kind of James Bond espionage blockbuster.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • She's been overpowered and stabbed with a lightsaber by Vader, who found out about her espionage.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 June 2022
  • Whelan could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage.
    — Amir Vahdat, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Simu Liu is entering the world of espionage this winter.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Sichel unearths the roots of conflicts that plague today’s world and the toll espionage took on his personal life.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But for months, rumors that he was accused of espionage have been swirling inside Cuba.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Three of Raff’s most significant projects have been espionage thrillers.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Courtesy of Netflix New year, new espionage case to sink your teeth into.
    — Lucy Ford, Time, 27 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a time and place for political commentary and a time and place for fun espionage and action.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But take the allegation on its own terms for a moment, because the method matters more than the espionage.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • That status quo adds up to months or years of quiet espionage, the kind that may never lend itself to a full accounting.
    — Brian Barrett, Wired, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The first season is expected to include a total of eight episodes, so there are four more weeks of espionage action to go.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 10 Apr. 2023
  • In his view, the real star of both the track and field team and the team’s small brush with espionage was sprinter Dave Sime.
    — Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Yes, and Sam’s dad moved to Idaho, too, to help with the Boise State espionage.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The government failed to prove that Flynn had engaged in espionage.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 17 May 2023

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