Sentence examples for traditional ploy from inspiring English sources

Women driving sleek convertibles are a magnet to men, and there's always the traditional ploy: a cuddly lap dog to initiate conversation.

John Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire and another Romney surrogate, predicted a draw but that may be just part of the traditional ploy of playing down expectations for the candidate.

Twitter, like other sites and accounts that require typed passwords, is vulnerable to a number of traditional ploys.

If all else fails There are still some of the traditional ploys retailers employ, including the displays of chocolate at the checkout – as favoured by WH Smith and Sainsbury's Locals.

The commercials, print ads, posters and promotions that compose the campaign, created by Lowe Lintas & Partners Worldwide in New York, have sought to capitalize on the skepticism of the intended audience by spoofing traditional marketing ploys for soft drinks, sneakers and other over-hyped consumer goods.

China says that it wants to better manage Tibetan religious freedom provided in the constitution; but its critics reject this claim as a distortion of traditional religion and a cynical ploy to take control over the next Dalai Lama.

But some traditional brokers dismiss the auctions as marketing ploys or annoying competition, said Jan Tarnow, manager of the auction department of the National Association of Realtors.

Worse, tickets for "Streetcar" are available only to subscribers, in an anxious ploy to retain the company's traditional base.

No, the manager shrugged, almost horrified that its traditional French menu would need any such marketing ploy.

As the US Anti Defamation League ADLL) explained in a 1991 article, "attacks on the labelling of food with the symbols for kashruth (traditional Jewish dietary laws) have been a standard ploy of anti-Jewish bigots in the US for decades".

Perhaps the most insidious ploy within this model is to take desirable traits developed through traditional breeding and make them available only in combination with a genetically engineered trait.