Sentence examples for a contraption called from inspiring English sources

Check out this "solution" to the obesity epidemic, a contraption called the "Slow Bite".

In reading about Victorian seaside resorts, I've come across several passing mentions of a contraption called a bathing machine.

Here, he listened to the squeals of his children and the hum of a contraption called an air conditioner.

To discuss: In an optional session of a Northwestern course on human sexuality, a man brought a woman to climax, on stage, using a contraption called a "fucksaw".

This zoo has a contraption called the crush, which consists of hydraulic barred wall which confine the animals, painlessly, for care.

California-based avocado distributor Calavo uses a contraption called ProRipe VIP that measures how ripe the fruits is by "listening" to it.

A growing number of American families were able afford to move to the suburbs, buy homes, install air conditioners, purchase a new contraption called a television, pay for a new car every few years, take a yearly vacation (and stay at a new phenomenon called a "motel") and even fly on an airplane.

A few years ago MacKenzie began strapping himself into a flying contraption called a PPC (Powered Parachute) and buzzing over the landscape at altitudes of up to 5,000 feet.

David Samuels, another writer in heavy spectacles, cornered Mr. Schisgall to rave about a scene that involved a 70-year-old man, another man's wife and a hammocklike contraption called a sex sling.

Joseph stamped the check, placed it under a gunmetal contraption called a photoscope, next to the ID card, and pulled a lever, thunk, which snapped a picture of the man, his ID and his check on a single negative.

Proust kept a telephone in his bedroom until the First World War broke out, and had a separate contraption called a théâtrophone that allowed him to listen to live concerts through the receiver.