Sentence examples for absurd contraption from inspiring English sources

This absurd contraption has just been launched in Switzerland by a company called Dornbracht, which exclaimed rather breathlessly that it is "expanding the vertical showering experience".

Back in the 1920's, the cartoonist Rube Goldberg became a household name by drawing a seemingly endless series of fanciful and absurd contraptions in which a simple action, such as pushing a lever, would lead to an unfolding mechanical drama.

The house and yard are festooned with bizarre junk, much of it fashioned into absurd contraptions.

They can't believe we are stupid enough to wear their absurd contraptions!

Alex Horne's latest patents a new genre of task-based standup, as our host spends his hour busily assembling an absurd Heath Robinson contraption live onstage.

"I'm trying to make it as absurd and useless as possible," Mr. Herscher said of the contraption, which will turn off the lights behind him when he leaves the room.

Leaving Labor's disastrous ball-fumbling on this issue aside, the point is that it is absurd to dismiss what is essentially a method of imparting information – even if it is a newfangled contraption such as the vision facsimile transmitter, or "television" – is really not a good look.

The contraption fools Mother Nature.

It was a festive contraption.

No contraption allowed.

And this contraption?