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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The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Manoeuvring ploys do not just stretch back to 2023 and under Unai Emery’s governance.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Another possibility is that ASI plays what is known as the artificial stupidity ploy, see my analysis at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
With a countdown clock in the corner of the screen to let folks know when the game would resume, the ploy proved a hit, with the show garnering about 28.9 million viewers.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Manoeuvring ploys do not just stretch back to 2023 and under Unai Emery’s governance.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Another possibility is that ASI plays what is known as the artificial stupidity ploy, see my analysis at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
With a countdown clock in the corner of the screen to let folks know when the game would resume, the ploy proved a hit, with the show garnering about 28.9 million viewers.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 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 14 Jul. 2025.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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