Sentence examples for promotional ploys from inspiring English sources

But most are baldfaced promotional ploys.

The truth is that many dearly held beliefs are conjecture, superstition or even promotional ploys.

Target, in seeking to cultivate an image of cheap chic, has been a pioneer among retailers by experimenting with unusual promotional ploys.

Consumers-cum-moviegoers are already being peddled some curiosities that extend beyond marketers' usual promotional ploys of product placements and character toys.

The property was built as a promotional ploy for the champagnes of Joseph Goulet and was completed in 1909 during a period of enormous growth for the industry.

Most obviously, this four-day "week" — with its coordinated solo exhibitions, special events and extended gallery hours — is a promotional ploy.

(In his lifetime, Thorpe had no connection to Mauch Chunk but was buried there after his widow persuaded the town to adopt his name as a promotional ploy).

She has been chosen by his record company — as a promotional ploy for his song "One Last Kiss" — to be the last person he kisses, on "The Ed Sullivan Show," before being inducted into the Army.

They did not object, however, to the painting of manhole covers around the city with images from pictures in the show -- a promotional ploy that was covered by more than 100 television stations around the country.

[C5.] 'Housewives' Episode Imitates Life A promotional ploy that helped "Desperate Housewives" become a hit for ABC has turned up during an episode of the show, in another example of how art imitates life -- and how advertising imitates them both.

The entire car, which arrived from New Jersey on Monday evening and will remain in place today, was a promotional ploy by a tourist board to get more people to visit New Orleans, where there are few streetcars running and few neighborhoods rebuilt since the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.