Examples of ploy in a Sentence
Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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Their good cop-bad cop ploy doesn’t seem to be particularly convincing or even fear-inspiring to the suspects of the congregation.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Di Costanzo says the mix of languages was a deliberate ploy.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
The basic facts are that Tony bought a piece of land with a commitment from a grocery company intending to lease the property to build a supermarket; Kiritzis claimed that Meridian then actively deterred renters after realizing the value of the land and squeezed him dry in a ploy to buy it back.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Ballard convinced Navy officials to build in some time to search for the Titanic during the expedition to survey the submarines, a ploy that ultimately acted as a cover story for the Navy’s secret mission.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Di Costanzo says the mix of languages was a deliberate ploy.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
The basic facts are that Tony bought a piece of land with a commitment from a grocery company intending to lease the property to build a supermarket; Kiritzis claimed that Meridian then actively deterred renters after realizing the value of the land and squeezed him dry in a ploy to buy it back.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Ballard convinced Navy officials to build in some time to search for the Titanic during the expedition to survey the submarines, a ploy that ultimately acted as a cover story for the Navy’s secret mission.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ploy
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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