Examples of ruse in a Sentence
His act was just a clever ruse to get me to go out with him.
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Interestingly, not much is said about the very different consequences each woman would face should their ruse be discovered.
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The Know, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Many suspect a spam call and don't pick up the phone, leading foundation staff to sometimes devise ruses.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
But authorities now believe Speight made the whole story up — and even shot himself as part of a ruse.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
How could Russ possibly sustain this ruse?
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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The Know, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Many suspect a spam call and don't pick up the phone, leading foundation staff to sometimes devise ruses.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
But authorities now believe Speight made the whole story up — and even shot himself as part of a ruse.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
How could Russ possibly sustain this ruse?
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ruse
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“Ruse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruse. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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Ruse
geographical name
Ru·se
ˈrü-(ˌ)sā 
variants
or Turkish Ruschuk
city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Danube River south of Bucharest population 148,500
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