Sentence examples for as a gambit from inspiring English sources

As a gambit, the weather is a reassuring icebreaker for strangers on trains and in myriad, awkward lift journeys.

But they put up little hard evidence, and the law was widely viewed as a gambit to shut clinics down.

He steered for sharks and giant tortoises, if only as a gambit for skirting the Sesame Street Bay of Play, and a roller coaster called Manta.

The last laugh was that players too young to have knowledge of the 1940's version sometimes tried it as a gambit and became disoriented.

SEOUL -- Over the years North Korea has conducted tests as a gambit to extract concessions for more aid and fuel and to demonstrate its nuclear capabilities.

His dramatic decision to change his name to an unpronounceable symbol came about as a gambit to escape his contract with Warner and win back his mastertapes.

Or, just as hoary a gambit: "She's going grey.

An Overture spokesman, Jim Olson, essentially ruled out such a possibility, saying that if a company bid on a term that was a trademarked name of another company, such a bid would only be accepted if the content on the bidding company's site was relevant to the trademark holder -- not as simply a gambit for siphoning off a rival's traffic.

On Sunday, Mr. Obama announced he would convene a half-day bipartisan health care session at the White House to be televised live on Feb. 25, as part of a gambit to allow Americans to watch as Democrats and Republicans try to resolve their political impasse.

The plan is to suspend the moratorium as part of a gambit seeking to ensure their compliance with internationally agreed measures to control the number of whales they kill.

The essential ludicrousness of party-hosting as a romantic gambit.