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How can you use “ruses” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Though vastly outnumbered and outgunned, Deveaux employed elaborate ruses with his little boats to convince the Spanish defenders that his force was overpowering.
The big flaw with the story: it never says whether or not such ruses are illegal.
As they approached the island, the small British population created a number of ruses to convince the Spanish that Bermuda was well defended; two salvos fired from a cannon went across the bay.