ply with
phrasal verb
plied with; plying with; plies with
: to offer or give (something) to (someone) repeatedly or constantly
Waiters plied guests with wine and hors d'oeuvres.
He plied me with questions.
Examples of ply with in a Sentence
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Norton debunked the idea that guests, who usually sip on something while being interviewed, are plied with alcohol by producers at So Television.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
And the bucket is fashioned using waterproof phenolic ply with a grippy inner surface that just happens to look good too.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
And even she was usually plied with a five-gallon bucket of fruits and vegetables while her keepers tended her ears.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 July 2025
Each year, about $120 billion in cargo floats past downtown Louisville and through the McAlpine Locks and Dam, plying with ease what was once a navigational nightmare.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2025
Much like Ventura, Jane said she was also plied with drugs to keep her awake performing degrading acts, sometimes for days on end.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
The suit says some of the guests were minors younger than 16 who were plied with drugs and alcohol at Diddy’s Miami Beach abode.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Serbia has been kept plied with Russian gas, Chinese infrastructure, European investment, and even glitzy American construction projects.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
And the bucket is fashioned using waterproof phenolic ply with a grippy inner surface that just happens to look good too.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
And even she was usually plied with a five-gallon bucket of fruits and vegetables while her keepers tended her ears.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 July 2025
Each year, about $120 billion in cargo floats past downtown Louisville and through the McAlpine Locks and Dam, plying with ease what was once a navigational nightmare.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2025
Much like Ventura, Jane said she was also plied with drugs to keep her awake performing degrading acts, sometimes for days on end.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
The suit says some of the guests were minors younger than 16 who were plied with drugs and alcohol at Diddy’s Miami Beach abode.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Serbia has been kept plied with Russian gas, Chinese infrastructure, European investment, and even glitzy American construction projects.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Ply with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ply%20with. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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