Use "ruse" in a sentence

1. After a week passed and doostEr had not heard from Tahlmute, he figured that he probably was trying to steal the cargo and had given up the game when his original ruse failed

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2. This fabrication must be hidden from Alfred, a relatively easy ruse, but also from her avatar on Gordon's Lamp, a much more difficult task even now that the delay was several seconds

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3. Naria had recognized what Rayne was doing before Altera; and she hoped that her First would see thru the ruse also

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4. He is very observant and in all probability will see thru our ruse immediately

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5. Olivia affirmed her guess aloud and with a slight disappointment that her ruse was unsuccessful she went to sit down and watch the continuing game

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6. Magistrate saw the ruse and intervened

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7. I think it was a ruse by Menelaus

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8. Reia continued the ruse

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9. “Is this another ruse for female affection? We really need to work on your skills

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10. ‘I hope this isn’t some elaborate ruse to halt my questioning

11. As the countdown reached one minute, the doubt popped up in Scott's mind and seemed to intensify with each passing second: was this just a ruse to get him to vacate the ship? Did this alien really care, let alone know what would be the correct timing? Surely they need to have experimented first, and the cost of failure too much to risk it

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12. Their black hearts, imputing their own methods to others, suspected a ruse; they thought they had been betrayed, and the men were going to fall upon them; but their apprehensions were soon quieted when the troops stopped on the edge of the crowd, where they could feast their eyes on that flabby, yellow, but royal countenance

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13. On Sunday evening, a palaver was held in the palace, the chiefs being hastily summoned, and it was thought that this was a ruse to get them together to endeavour to slip away in the night, get clear, collect their forces and attempt an attack on Kumassi when most of the troops had been withdrawn

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14. The moment the gangplank came down, the dock became even more chaotic, as pirates moved smaller cargo aboard and a herd of goats was ushered off the ship—all part of the ruse perpetrated on the harbormaster of Water-Down

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15. Would her father reveal her true identity, or hold onto the ruse that she was merely a maid? Which would give the advantage at this stage of the negotiations?

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16. Regulation can be either good or bad depending on how structured, but demonization of the term is simply a ruse to get the public to hate government, which in practical terms means the public is being taught to hate democracy, and thus distrust themselves

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17. Tanned, relaxed, and ripping on his latest ruse

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18. “That will not prove to be a lasting ruse, Herr Krazinsky

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19. The ruse worked…for a while

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20. was just a ruse and in the several years that Vaijnath was in Wadi, he

21. The markets are the greatest ruse for

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22. What’s this? Pro-choice versus pro-life is a ruse?”

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23. “I guess it was all just a ruse

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24. He then studied the maps again and decided on a ruse

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25. Once we were inside it was apparent that Jeannine had explained our ruse to Ivana

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26. I pointed out that I had only been an arban commander because I had seen through the rebel ruse in Anahuac and had only been further promoted because of the great attrition in the Maya tumen

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27. He mentioned that Buzun did not trust the dust clouds, since they could be a ruse

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28. “Sincere and friendly” dialogue could very well resolve conflicts between rational people, but it would result in “a cynical ruse for the soulless fanatics that accept as virtue the dishonor of deceit”

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29. That’s a hell of a stupid ruse

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30. up the ruse that the heater didn’t work very well, when in fact

31. Except that the good in my life was not a ruse to me; to me, it was

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32. Still, keeping up the ruse was getting harder and harder

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33. This helped to ease James and his worries that our ruse was going to fail

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34. Were they really full? Or, was that just a cruel ruse to hide their emptiness

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35. “I only hope that they’re idiots enough to fall for such a ruse! With nothing to back it up, if even a small patrol cuts through the only line we have

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36. “That is, if they fell for our ruse, don’t you mean?” Yigal wryly countered

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37. hope that they're idiots enough to fall for such a ruse! With nothing to back it up, if even a small

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38. “That is, if they fell for our ruse, don't you mean?” Yigal wryly countered

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39. They speculated the killer might have gotten Corinna in his car through a ruse that either her mother or Richard had been in a bad accident

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40. The cart passing-point that had been selected for the ruse, had been so well camouflaged with the rock flake covered canvas that it had looked just like an extension of the rocky walls that lined the track

41. "You have figured out my ruse?"

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42. However -and then he whispered to Leonardo, with a voice that was barely a whisper so that his companions could not hear him, said- I think that is a ruse to take your father from the road

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43. All a ruse

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44. This feeling stole into my head, and gave me pause to think on it: what Lord doth mock me with a ruse to find me but a simple man? He could not know my Destiny, for I but now have found it out

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45. Most Japanese see through the ruse, but others enjoy the occasional handouts and street fairs they hold in poorer neighborhoods and rural communities to bolster support

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46. It will confuse by every ruse

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47. Conan believed that this consulting of the oracle was but a ruse to persuade the king of Keshan to accede to Thutmekri's wishes—for he never for a moment doubted that Gorulga was as subtle and devious as all the rest mixed up in this grand swindle

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48. "There never were, it's been a ruse all along

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49. another ruse, or mathematical deception, to prove

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50. We have been fooled into believing that elected officials, under the pretense of national pride, are looking out for our safety, when all along it has been a ruse to sell arms, equip armies and manipulate economies

51. It was a good thing they’d both had the same teacher, so she saw through his ruse

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52. ruse to further brutalize, punish and break down the inmates

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53. That you’d see through the ruse about the footprints and get to the bottom of things; and that eventually we’d be exposed as common murderers, our reputations ruined, and with only a messy court trial and lengthy jail terms to look forward to

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54. The window was wide open and the screen was bent and pushed outwards—a ruse or a true escape

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55. Sometime within the last week, had she become a subject of Malik’s research? Was she ever a Project X team member, or was her employment just a ruse to entrap her here like the other subjects? It was getting to feel more and more like she was part of the experiment, a variable being manipulated, rather than a scientist facilitating research

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56. Jeff looked up at Donald, trying to determine if he was in on this ruse

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57. “You know this as well: self-assessment leads to the Conditional Death of the personality they wore as a ruse, in order to have experiences unadulterated by knowledge of their quest

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58. “You know this: self-assessment leads to the conditional death of the personality they wore as a ruse, in order to have experiences unadulterated by knowledge of their quest

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59. It was six days later that one of the actors returned with mixed news, two of their company had been killed with throwing spears, but the ruse had worked to such an extent that the warriors would not retrieve the two perfectly good spears preferring to lose them rather than approach the diseased ones

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60. lists over and over again, under the ruse that they are trying to help them

61. You find out the ruse you were playing on yourself

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62. ruse, but he had to try to nip the nosiness in the bud

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63. The ruse had succeeded, and the German squadron had been able to continue on its way undiscovered until the time of the Spitfire sighting

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64. Someone had impersonated a police officer, but this was a ruse and the man escaped from the scene

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65. This successful ruse showed that he did not think merely in terms of fixed lines

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66. Hell, that may all be a ruse as you and I talked about, Del

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67. Had he been playing her all along with the ol' fake masturbation ruse?

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68. He knew for sure this penis ruse would

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69. Maybe it's all a ruse

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70. " Lied the cop hoping his ruse would work

71. He wondered if he even needed the ruse of coming out of the bathroom wet

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72. “So, the whole ‘Beauties of the Deep’ mermaid thing was nothing but an elaborate ruse to subject their employees to highly illegal working conditions and questionable drugs? They worked two-hour shifts, sometimes twice a day

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73. “Those exercises are a ruse to provide my Away Teams with a cover story for extracurricular missions involving the Path Finder, or 110

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74. Seeing that it wasn’t necessary to reveal everything about Uncle Leo and his operation, I let the ruse go on

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75. Unfortunately, it was a ruse and she was able to utilize an alien device discovered in the ruins to switch her life energy with that of Kirk’s, so that she could be Captain

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76. It was a very elaborate ruse that back fired when your raft sank because you weren’t there to attend to it, necessitating your recovery by fasting

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77. That ruse could be tried as a desperation measure if the situation deteriorated

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78. hostiles in the fourth container; he explained that he would try the same ruse

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79. Can you see that it is all a ruse!”

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80. “I can't blame Mentor Master for falling into the ruse!”

81. Guo Yuxia said, “I have told you earlier that this is yet another ruse

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82. where the loose ends of this ruse lie in, I do not know yet

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83. up the rope, will not we be trapped in his ruse!”

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84. Therefore urge Mentor Master not to fall into the ruse but

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85. been tricked by the ruse of the followers from Phoenix Clan

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86. Camrod's ruse had worked and she was no longer being followed, his assertions

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87. That Bishop from Rome, just a motivating ruse

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88. Dendrav watched as the engagement began, and thankfully, the ruse appeared to work

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89. It was also highly doubtful that this was a ruse, but, given the situation, he couldn’t afford to be lax in security

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90. thirty-six ruses, to think that I have just exhibited just one ruse and you have fallen into it

91. Then it will only be a ruse to bait me

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92. already saw through your ruse

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93. would be a ruse to lure him out of the entrance of the door so that he would send

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94. “So the whole going on pass thing is a ruse?” Tony asked with disappointment and anger on his face

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95. “I’m surprised that the vampire fell for the ruse,” Rafael said, thinking back to the moment he concocted the plan while in his hospital bed, giving John a chance to redeem himself

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