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Six example sentences with ploy, each labelled with its topic.
Asking what the last firm quoted is a ploy, and answering it hands away the whole negotiation.
Business
Opening with a compliment before the request is an old ploy; listeners agree more readily once they have been flattered.
Psychology
In a trading game, announcing that you have no use for timber is a ploy, and beginners hand it over cheaply.
Gaming
Opening the debate by thanking his opponent for a fine career was a ploy, making the younger man sound already retired.
Politics
The lawyer's first question, asking the witness how well he slept, was a ploy to make his memory of that night seem hazy.
Law
Asking the rookie at tip-off whether his parents had made the trip was a ploy, and he thought about them all first quarter.
Basketball
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