ply with

phrasal verb

plied with; plying with; plies with

: to offer or give (something) to (someone) repeatedly or constantly

Waiters plied guests with wine and hors d'oeuvres.

He plied me with questions.

Examples of ply with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Much like Ventura, Jane said she was also plied with drugs to keep her awake performing degrading acts, sometimes for days on end. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025

Ventura told the court how she was plied with drugs and forced to engage in dehumanizing acts at the direction of Combs. —Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025

The suit says some of the guests were minors younger than 16 who were plied with drugs and alcohol at Diddy’s Miami Beach abode. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025

Serbia has been kept plied with Russian gas, Chinese infrastructure, European investment, and even glitzy American construction projects. —Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025

First: get some memorable speeches out of a bunch of celebrities packed into a ballroom and plied with booze on national television. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025

They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs at their weakest moments. —Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024

They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs. —Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024

The princesses were plied with tranquilizers, cocaine, amphetamines, and alcohol; they were guarded at all times, abused, and deprived of food and water. —E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024