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How to use ruse in a sentence

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It sucks you in and condemns you to hours of game play under the ruse of one last go.
He went on to claim that she had made the whole story up to frame him in an elaborate ruse as revenge for his affair.
His alleged ruse was to list the tax haven of Monaco as his primary residence instead of Germany.
The tale told to Mr Shafi that it was in the post was a deliberate ruse designed to throw him off the scent of that return.
The ruse makes the IRS-themed scam more sophisticated than typical phishing attacks.
Many of the characters feign casual confidence, but the ruse becomes apparent when things start to go wrong.
The ruse works so successfully that some 30 other non-venomous snakes have mimicked the coral snake and share similar color patterns.
Was it a ruse to allow reporters short on subject matter to fill the pages dedicated to the European Championship?
A last-minute offer may be a ruse or a bluff, but I'm the guy who ought to make that call.
Edith enters into the ruse not just because she likes him, but because it improves her social status.
Her clever ruse contrasts the disruptive force of the historical moment at hand.
Evidently deeply suspicious of British newspapers, she seems to misinterpret innocent questions as a ruse to stitch her up.
The employee now figures it was a ruse to see if they had caught on to his scheme.
It is a device at that point in time, a trick and a ruse, and treating the House like a joke.
I'm not convinced they saw through my ruse of pretending to photograph someone else.
She knew from experience that this was no device, no clever-clever ruse designed to reveal her true character.
This technique was employed by serial Westerns of old to keep viewers hooked, but the ruse was clumsily implemented.
Another ruse is to couch the patent application in obscure terms making it difficult for the regulatory bodies to judge the innovatory aspect.
Once their nesting is over, this ruse will not work, so one intent on rousing a rail in the fall must either wade or pole a boat through a marsh.
So he courted his own fate, he was tricked by an extremely sophisticated ruse and met his death.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Her ruse of spoliation within the law was evidence of her shrewdness, nothing more.
Lenoir perceived this, but thought it only a ruse to get him to shift his hold.
It was, apparently, a ruse to put negroni off the scent, who from time to time asked us to explain what we were talking about.
Remembering the ruse which the friendly guide at Rotterdam had taught me, I began by purchasing a platform ticket.
The ruse of hoisting the British flag was legitimate if the Buenaventura substituted her own flag before proceeding to board them.
Whatever had been done at the lesser gate had been done as a ruse, I did not doubt.
So, by this little ruse, Mr. Coventry had got her all to himself for the afternoon.
Mansoor feared that it was a ruse, and that the house was being watched, back and front.
He was indebted to a ruse of Aunt Margaret for his historic and sesquipedalian name.
Indeed, it is a likely ruse enough, observed Bradstreet, thoughtfully.
My lords and ladies, pardon the ruse by which I have gathered you here to witness the marriage of my daughter.
His ruse was a clever one, and showed that Talu had not misjudged the man's fitness for the dangerous duty upon which he was detailed.
The stroller tried a simple ruse, and nigh lost his feet in doing it.
Juno is not deceived by this ruse, and she demands that Jupiter hand over the attractive beast to her as a token of his husbandly affection.
This ruse of the Indians was discovered on Friday, the 11th.
The ruse succeeded to the extent of compelling the Parisian to retreat.
Mr Vernon had recourse to a ruse to assist in damping their spirits.
He used every guileful ruse to cheat time of his determined moment.
But despite the ruse, he went down a storm with the Home Counties set who dominate the Tory conference.
This ruse worked well for some time, but finally the Folk no longer were inveigled into showing themselves.
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