Sentence examples for a new contraption called from inspiring English sources

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.

In one scene a small-town sheriff is heard muttering about this newfangled contraption called a Walkman, which points down a "slippery slope" of juvenile distraction.

His new firm, ClearCube Technology in Austin, Tex., wants to replace the desktop PC with a new contraption he calls "the blade".

Bill Gates's challenge was very Bill Gates: to drench himself, he designed a new contraption.

This all came back to her when she saw an ad in the "Times" for a new contraption at Hammacher Schlemmer - a Cream Maker.

"With the iPads, smartphones, game boxes — constantly being pushed onto a new contraption — fetishists — techno — mumbo jumbo — Does it make me wiser?

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".

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

Instead, she came up with a contraption called Medusa, a battery-operated camera attached to a lure.

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

Greg Lambrecht, an American with a background in medical devices, believes he has solved this conundrum with a pricey contraption called the Coravin.