Sentence examples for a simple ruse from inspiring English sources

It was a simple ruse to ferret out intellectuals to be executed.

Her new film "What's Cooking?" succeeds by means of a simple ruse: it substitutes a roasting pan for the proverbial melting pot.

But several weeks ago, Seattle detectives, apparently with a simple ruse, persuaded a suspect who was living in New Jersey to mail an envelope to Seattle, the authorities said today.

And it's a simple ruse that can work in many hosts.

Most recently, a diabolically simple ruse -- placing rubber explosives inside sneakers -- almost blew up an airplane.

Quite aside from the subject matter, the striking thing looking at this trail is what a remarkably simple ruse was used to obtain the documents.

The aliens in Mars Attacks! made it all the way into the White House with this simple ruse.

Simple ruses were used to hide the fact that the banks were dealing with the Pinochet family fortune.

So my first ruse is a simple one: Pretend to be a flower deliveryman.

So my first ruse is a simple one: pretend to be a flower deliveryman.

So the ruse of the missing car did far more damage than a simple face-to-face conversation would have done.