Sentence examples for devious ploy from inspiring English sources

What started as a devious ploy to gain admission to medical school turned into twisted social experiment".

I'm publishing this response because I hope other school administrators, teachers and families won't fall for this devious marketing ploy.

To bank on one's affection for the young and adorable, to play on one's sympathy for the old and sick, is a devious means of collecting money, a ploy with all the stench of a big-city hustle.

Just devious.

How devious.

The results can appear devious.

It was a ploy".

Another negotiating ploy?

Children are so devious".

"Cancers are devious beasts.

"He's not devious.