Sentence examples for the ploy of from inspiring English sources
Crying that the "other guy" is worse is the ploy of a schoolyard bully.
The ploy of cosmetically colorizing the G.O.P. could work once, but it is unlikely to work forever.
Their means of defense are the emission of an odorous secretion from large anal glands and the ploy of rolling up, presenting erected scales to the enemy.
The ploy of disguising secretly financed political machines as tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations has become one of the trademarks of modern politics.
The ploy of disguising secretly financed political machines as tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations has become one of the alarming trademarks of modern, big-money politics.
"I hope you understand that we can differentiate between genuine teamwork and the ploy of someone caught with his hand in the cookie jar," Mr. Spitzer wrote.
Or was it a publicity courtship, a stunt to maximise box office returns, like the ploys of the studios back in the days of Rock Hudson?
They did so last night in every department, denying Barcelona space, strong in the challenge, quick to the ball but always confident enough in their own ability to play with great ambition rather than the ploys of conservatism the Spanish side's opponents sometimes adopt.
He also introduced the propaganda ploy of the martyrdom video, which would become a signature of Al Qaeda.
Nathan McCullum shunned the obvious ploy of giving Ross Taylor the strike, swinging wildly and missing the next two balls.
The political ploy of shifting blame for the failure of an imperial venture to the other party is an old story in American politics.
