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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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Kennedy has not invoked his heritage as a ploy to attain the presidency.
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David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Lombardo is a great fan of flashbacks; her preferred narrative ploy is to dangle hints of past upsets, which are gradually revealed by jumping back in time.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt condemned the Biden campaign’s tactics as a political ploy.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 17 June 2024
Republican and independent voters are far too smart for that ploy, and the incumbent may well follow the inevitable Hillary down memory lane to defeat.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
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David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Lombardo is a great fan of flashbacks; her preferred narrative ploy is to dangle hints of past upsets, which are gradually revealed by jumping back in time.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt condemned the Biden campaign’s tactics as a political ploy.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 17 June 2024
Republican and independent voters are far too smart for that ploy, and the incumbent may well follow the inevitable Hillary down memory lane to defeat.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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