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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The Bears' president said in mid-December that the team was widening its search beyond Illinois — a statement seen by many as a negotiation ploy.
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Marissa Payne, IndyStar, 10 Feb. 2026
The Connecticut Option is an expansion of state health insurance and a ploy to push patients to the three private hospitals Lamont decided last year needed the state to rescue.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
The prosecutor argued Jelks’ police cooperation was a ploy to learn what investigators had on him.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Turning Point, the organization co-founded by late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in 2012, announced the lineup to the counter-programming ploy using a poster depicting the artists involved, with Kid Rock being front and center.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
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Marissa Payne, IndyStar, 10 Feb. 2026
The Connecticut Option is an expansion of state health insurance and a ploy to push patients to the three private hospitals Lamont decided last year needed the state to rescue.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
The prosecutor argued Jelks’ police cooperation was a ploy to learn what investigators had on him.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Turning Point, the organization co-founded by late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in 2012, announced the lineup to the counter-programming ploy using a poster depicting the artists involved, with Kid Rock being front and center.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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