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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Some Democrats argue that the cuts were a political ploy to raise the pressure to end the government shutdown.
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Joel Rose, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Chrishell did not become queen of Glitter Island by falling for obvious pot-stirring ploys like this.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Taiwan’s defense ministry denounced the report as a propaganda ploy.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025
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Joel Rose, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Chrishell did not become queen of Glitter Island by falling for obvious pot-stirring ploys like this.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Taiwan’s defense ministry denounced the report as a propaganda ploy.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Oct. 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 17 Nov. 2025.
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noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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