Sentence examples for bulky contraption from inspiring English sources

Would he be able to do midair maneuvers in such a bulky contraption?

Morgan had received from Trujillo a shortwave radio — a bulky contraption with dozens of thick black dials.

He wore a bulky contraption on his left foot and a special shoe to keep his foot and toes from dragging.

Using the bulky contraption he'd built himself, he dialed his competitors at Bell Labs, just to let them know he'd beaten them to the punch.

When it was first introduced, people thought the bulky contraption would be a stand-alone device that would run several tasks using adapters and accessories, similar to how today's PCs handle faxes, E-mails and video.

The bulky contraptions could be painted and used as outdoor art or, in a pinch, extremely large paperweights.

In the mid-1980's, when video cameras cost $1,000 and were bulky contraptions carried on the shoulder, James Wickstead wondered if there was a way to make a small, rudimentary $100 model for children.

Early designs – often bulky, elaborate contraptions, or "boulder holders", to borrow a phrase from Bette Midler's satirical song Otto Titsling – were worlds away from today's sophisticated, high-tech, high-stretch bras.

Over the years, his wearable computers have become less obtrusive, going from bulky, very visible contraptions, to today's sleeker Google Glass.

WHEN Subramanian Ramadorai joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the Indian software company he now leads, in 1972, computers were bulky and temperamental contraptions, in need of assembly, installation and constant repair.

If Crazy Eddie inspires nostalgia, it's not only for his bellowing alter ego but also for the products he peddled: those bulky, box-shaped contraptions we filled our lives and homes with in the eighties, now vanished into a long-forgotten abyss.