Sentence examples for clear ploy from inspiring English sources

In what she considered a clear ploy to lure viewers, WMAQ hired Jerry Springer, host of the daytime talk show, as an on-air commentator for the newscast she co-anchored.

At 30-0 ahead Trent Robinson's team looked very impressive, and their forwards were running like berserkers (although Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Aidan Guerra were fortunate not to earn the ire of the referees, particularly the latter who seemed to hit kicker Johnathan Thurston late on a number of occasions, a clear ploy to sap him of energy).

Based on reactions, it didn't matter that this, like his surreal appearance on "Between Two Ferns," was a clear ploy to increase awareness of the Affordable Care Act.

This also applies to clear rhetorical ploys, such as obviously false or hyperbolic statements.

It's not clear whether the ploy worked; the CIA isn't talking.

What has come clear since that ploy and this most recent play is that the GOC's role is to serve as an administrative, organizing, surveillance group, under a less somber guise.

At 02 00 it became clear that Linois's ploy had failed and that Swiftsure was still following Atalante.

The success of Slaughter's opening ploy made it clear there was an appetite for this discussion.

It has become increasingly clear that this is not a mere rhetorical ploy but a distinction with a difference.

It became clear that what had started as a negotiating ploy by Dubai World with its creditors had become a compounding crisis that threatened the global credibility of not only Dubai, but the United Arab Emirates itself.

Marketing ploys aside, perhaps the event helped clear up an old misunderstanding.