Sentence examples for ancient contraption from inspiring English sources

He used to detach his hearing aid at luncheon not, he said, to banish bores but because the ancient contraption made horrible noises when wine was being poured into his glass.7 To encounter [Impossible] at 9 in the evening in the Colony Room Club, for example, was to witness a transformation that any film actor in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" would have thought strained credibility.

'Thunder run' brings theatre to life Jump to media player An ancient contraption called a "thunder run" has been restored to mark the 250th anniversary of one of the world's oldest theatres.

Overseen by a mod-era bureau chief Mary-Louise Parkerr), the new duo must stop a growing swarm of bad guys from rebuilding an ancient contraption that would reverse the flow of souls to the afterlife, flooding the world with the evil and dead.

Making the opening sequence of "Game of Thrones," in which seven fantastically intricate animated maps of the kingdoms featured in the series crank into three-dimensions like ancient contraptions, required highly sophisticated design software to ensure that the imagery would look nuanced and realistic.

Sundays were spent at home producing Eight Passion Proteins on his own printing press; Waldemar Januszczak described it as worthy of Heath Robinson, who was known for his cartoons of ancient contraptions.

Back on the riverbank the priests had started whirling some sort of ancient-looking contraptions in the air.

It seems improbable that a piece of ancient machinery, a contraption of levers and pulleys designed in 1913, would be critical to the successful operation of one of the nation's largest commuter railroads.

LONDON — One of the most sought-after objects in Ancient Roman homes was an elaborate cooking contraption known as an authepsa.

Alex Proyas's bizarre fantasy of ancient Egypt is another such – or almost – flimsy contraption of digital crowd scenes, actors in singlets revealing pecs and thighs and very, very ridiculous ancient-Egyptian-god-type hats.

Based on the phrase IN A FORBIDDEN DESERT, teams have determined that the orb has been locked away behind an esoteric contraption watched over by four unhappy ancient Egyptian gods.

It's made from ancient spare parts, but it's surprising what a watchable contraption the movie is able to build out of them. .