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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One of Gavin Newsom’s political ploys is to depict political rivals as bullies and himself as someone who stands up to them.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
The announcements of new military maneuvers could also be a negotiating ploy to pressure Hamas to make compromises.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Google Messages already monitors texts for other types of popular ploys like fake job offers and bogus package theft alerts.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Critics lambasted the spaceflight as a ploy to promote Blue Origin's pricey tickets to space and called out the contradiction of touting environmental concern despite contributing to pollution.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
The announcements of new military maneuvers could also be a negotiating ploy to pressure Hamas to make compromises.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Google Messages already monitors texts for other types of popular ploys like fake job offers and bogus package theft alerts.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Critics lambasted the spaceflight as a ploy to promote Blue Origin's pricey tickets to space and called out the contradiction of touting environmental concern despite contributing to pollution.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Apr. 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 5 Jun. 2025.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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