Sentence examples for a ploy that is from inspiring English sources

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

At the White House, President Bush dismissed Mr. Hussein's offer to allow international inspectors back into Iraq as a "ploy" that is "not going to fool anybody".

Sixty percent of its "profit" this year is expected to come from increasing the reported value of its properties, a ploy that is a common source of earnings for Chinese real estate developers.

Davis is known for publicizing his Social Security number to promote the effectiveness of LifeLock's identity-theft protection (a ploy that was not foolproof).

The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, launched a sustained attack on the new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday, deriding his recent charm offensive with western leaders as a "ruse and a ploy" that was designed to fool the international community into dropping its guard against Iran's development of nuclear weapons.

4. (tie) Jason Isbell, Southeastern, and Amanda Shires, Down Fell the Doves: OK, creating this deadlock admittedly is a ploy that's impossible to resist.

"This operation is purely a media ploy that is beginning to be intolerable," said Josselin de Rohan, the leader of senators belonging to the Rally for the Republic.

Asked about RU-486 by reporters at the Christian Coalition convention here today, the Rev. Pat Robertson replied, "I think that release of the RU-486 from the F.D.A. looks to me like an election ploy that is right up with 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve".

"Marketing products as having the ability to treat diseases and disorders not only violates established law but is a terribly deceptive marketing ploy that is being used by Goop to exploit women for its own financial gain," Truth in Advertising executive director Bonnie Patten said in a statement.

Not only was the 6-1 loss to St . Louison Saturday the Islanders' worst of the season, the game began with a motivational ploy that was a bust.

They did not object, however, to the painting of manhole covers around the city with images from pictures in the show -- a promotional ploy that was covered by more than 100 television stations around the country.