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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Now, some naysayers may argue that this administration's speech concerns are merely a cynical ploy.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Morgan’s high-potential son uses this factoid as a ploy to get cookies before dinner.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said at the time that the drone incursion was a ploy by Russia to test the alliance.
—Brendan Cole
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The ploy worked well, Okonkwo twice saving from Saito during the first half after QPR had breached the left side of the Wrexham back line.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Morgan’s high-potential son uses this factoid as a ploy to get cookies before dinner.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said at the time that the drone incursion was a ploy by Russia to test the alliance.
—Brendan Cole
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The ploy worked well, Okonkwo twice saving from Saito during the first half after QPR had breached the left side of the Wrexham back line.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 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 28 Sep. 2025.
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noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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