DECOY in a Sentence

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For DECOY, below is one of 10 sentences:
Feeling dejected over having driven 3 hours for nothing I pulled the decoy and started walking up the ridge to leave.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECOY
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decoy
 n.  lure or bait; means used to mislead or lead into danger
Classic Sentence:
1  It seems to be a provision of Nature; a decoy to secure mothers for the race.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVIII
2  The idea of using her as a decoy was clearly already in his mind, though he may not have been certain how the details of his plot were to be arranged.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
3  It is thought that Flora decoyed my wife out and laid some terrible trap for her.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
4  The old gentleman could not be decoyed outside of his grounds at night.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
5  It was the note with which Holmes had decoyed him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6  I looked over the paper, for I really did not know what he meant; but he took it from me and pointed out a paragraph about children being decoyed away at Hampstead.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  The wild ducks were not fooled by the decoy.
2  Feeling dejected over having driven 3 hours for nothing I pulled the decoy and started walking up the ridge to leave.
3  Officer Langley acted as a decoy to catch the rapist.
4  He used a whistle to decoy the birds within range.