- plural of ply.
plies
Example Sentences
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Sheinbaum's interest in her art had "changed her life," the trained business administrator said in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where she now plies her art.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
One Colombian pilot who plies the Caribbean said crews look for any advantage, from sailing at night or in rough weather, even in storms when Colombian government patrol boats might stay in port.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
It concluded that not a single vessel was safe and the dive boat industry in Egypt "plies its trade largely unregulated".
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
She plies a similar jovial egocentrism as a substitute teacher on “Abbott Elementary,” and both characters are insufferable to the adults in the room.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
There it flocks together with Ring Doves, vast numbers of which assemble in winter in some districts, and when the fowler plies his occupation, shares their fate.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
