Sentence examples for ruse a from inspiring English sources

This is a ruse, a ploy.

"This trial has been a ruse, a farce," Mr. Walsh said.

The whole guns-at-midnight thing could have been a ruse, a detailed and protracted ruse.

Is the Howard ruse a good idea, or will Diane's workload start to have repercussions for the firm?

"A good ruse, a good effort to trick a witness," Vignarajah said in his two-hour closing remarks.

But that too was a ruse, a function of voter shenanigans that went unnoticed by the county for nearly 30 years.

But with all the bullshit people post, the connections are a ruse; an illusion.

Qusai thinks it was an elaborate ruse – an attempt to make Qusai trust Bilal.

Do waiting lists reflect the feverish demand of legions of customers, or are they just a ruse -- a marketing device to stimulate demand by creating an illusion of scarcity?

The recruitment of the victim might involve a ruse or a con.

But the peaceful rhetoric is just a ruse, John Guandolo, a former F.B.I. agent, contends.