Sentence examples for ploy was to from inspiring English sources

A crucial ploy was to keep control of voter rolls.

The Republicans' latest ploy was to subpoena the acting State Police superintendent.

The ploy was to try to hit Janko's height and pose Iceland a new problem.

The ploy was to make him deviate from his normal game plan to prove to Real he could entertain.

To quieten the Olimpiyskiy stadium the best ploy was to grab the ball and come at Kyiv.

One favorite ploy was to plant a "fact" or manufacture a recollection that would send program annotators afield.

Garrone's second ploy is to insure that no one is surprised by these surprises.

Another ploy is to claim a rich husband is willing to marry the girl in a different city, but when they arrive they are forced into sex work.

One way to counter the Pennsylvania ploy is to add a bonus of 10 or 20 electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner.

(One ploy is to make enclosed spaces, like those in an 'a' and 'e,' bigger than they need to be in print).

Mr Li's ploy is to exploit a loophole in that pact by selling the company's assets, but not the company itself.