Sentence examples for only a ruse from inspiring English sources

Or maybe this was only a ruse: maybe Mohican had gained the woman's trust so that, at some later time, he could take advantage of it.

But booze is only a ruse to keep throwing together the good-hearted Billie and Jimmy-who-learns-to-be-good, and the device gets tired after a while, in this world that is less madcap than plodding.

Smoking pot with your parents is only a ruse).

But none of this was a worry, as "Trump for President" was only a ruse that was going to last a few months.

But this appearance will only be a ruse.

Even though we're sometimes invited to join curriculum committees (as I did) under the guise that we might have a say, it's ultimately just a ruse: we have only as much freedom as our national and state standards allow.

Because if Israelis feel that this whole Oslo deal was just a ruse, and that it only produced better-armed Palestinians closer to them, they will crush you -- even at a huge cost to themselves.

But this pity is just a ruse..

But this pity is just a ruse...

The scowl was just a ruse.

"The 'illegal' thing is just a ruse.