Sentence examples for a ploy that from inspiring English sources

Angela produces a secret cat from a filing drawer and attempts to save its life by throwing it through the ceiling—a ploy that fails instantly.

It was a ploy that seemed to be working.

The next time Brandi knocked, I pretended to be out — a ploy that fooled no one.

The other accuses jet-set industrialists of a ploy that will cheat the middle class.

It is a ploy that is unlikely to work against the cuter Klitschko.

Some travelers request a discount as a matter of course, a ploy that can work.

The book closes with a series of alternate dénouements, a ploy that could have seemed gimmicky but is immensely satisfying.

Senior Democrats criticized the Upton legislation as a ploy that could unravel the entire health care law.

He "learned how to survive by emphasising the clumsy and comic aspects of my character", a ploy that became lifelong.

(During an earlier trial on similar charges, Carlile had read aloud from "Rights of Man," a ploy that allowed him to publish it again, as a courtroom transcript).

Washington sees it as a ploy that would drag out talks and give Iran time and political cover to get the bomb.