Sentence examples for ploy up from inspiring English sources

But these days, who can tell the difference?" As if that weren't enough Machiavellian scheming, Frank had another crazy ploy up his sleeve.

However, with a larcenous cut-and-run ploy up his scotch-soaked sleeve, our barman isn't quite the hopeless case he might seem.

And yet, the ploy opens up a whole new world of possibilities: separate lanes for all.

Today shock can seem indistinguishable from scandal, less a side effect of artistic innovation than a ploy ginned up by self-promoting artists and public scolds.

The Reads Lane area is sometimes called West Lawrence, after the Nassau County town of Lawrence to the east; it was a marketing ploy dreamed up by older residents to distance themselves from the neighborhood's crime-infested reputation, said Irving Baron, who has lived on Hicksville Road for 43 years.

I suppose the cynics among you will think that this is all some huge marketing ploy thought up by the people at Smirnoff to move more alcopops.

As a closing thought, wouldn't it be funny if this was all just some sort of viral marketing ploy cooked up to sell GURU® brand energy drinks?

With this in mind, there's a good chance this all-vinyl set was just another "clever" marketing ploy cooked up by the DJ duo.

After all the effort Butch Carter has put into grooming the two wunderkinder, it would be a shame if the coach's curt honesty and wild motivational ploys ended up costing him the chance to see their development through.

They use a cynical ploy to pick up dates (Otter poses as the bereaved fiancé of a girl who has recently died) but end up abandoning them in a remote roadhouse when the African-American clientele makes them feel unwelcome.

One government official characterized the protest as a campaign ploy to stir up anti-American sentiment.