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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Senior pitcher/second baseman Ellie Peck, a Lewis recruit who reached base three times and scored three runs, confirmed that Kuefler’s motivational ploy seems to be working.
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Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Desmond called the ballot measure merely a ploy to extend term limits for supervisors, likening the rest of the package to an effort to feed a pet medicine by hiding it in a snack.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
The ploy provoked personal blowback, including allegations of domestic abuse, which Magyar denied.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Within days of the interview, which was perceived in part as a ploy for clemency by Maxwell, she was moved to a minimum-security camp in Texas.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Desmond called the ballot measure merely a ploy to extend term limits for supervisors, likening the rest of the package to an effort to feed a pet medicine by hiding it in a snack.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
The ploy provoked personal blowback, including allegations of domestic abuse, which Magyar denied.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Within days of the interview, which was perceived in part as a ploy for clemency by Maxwell, she was moved to a minimum-security camp in Texas.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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