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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In the past two years Marvel has resorted to a number of ploys to tempt them back into movie theaters whilst DC has rebooted its cinematic universe entirely after hiring Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The alternate strategy was similar to Flamengo’s ploy that hurt Bayern.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2025
The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.
—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
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The alternate strategy was similar to Flamengo’s ploy that hurt Bayern.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2025
The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.
—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
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 29 Jul. 2025.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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