Sentence examples for contraption for from inspiring English sources

But this fantasy is just a contraption for Houellebecq to pursue his true subject.

(God, or somebody, forbid he should try to work the new Rube Goldberg contraption for the crosstown bus).

The new store has a display of antique chocolate-making equipment, including a contraption for liqueur fillings that looks like an old-fashioned diver's helmet.

BIGGEST STAGE FIZZLE The Metropolitan Opera, for the failure of its huge stage contraption for Wagner's "Ring" cycle during the climax of "Das Rheingold" on opening night.

Along comes a report quoting a high-level Soviet scientist official reiterating the Soviet's position that they have no need whatever to match us contraption for contraption.

Previous EDMs have included one to legalise the Segway (a pogo-like two-wheeled electric contraption) for road use and lamenting his delayed train.

The shoes Rebecca: A little too much toe is on show in these strappy contraptions for my liking – but someone's bound to disagree.

But three young guys from Canada who build taco vending machines and other weird contraptions for a show called "Food Jammers" will.

This experience helped Juliet understand the stages of Winnie's entrapment and her response to it and made all our rehearsal contraptions for confinement feel relatively lighthearted.

And it has an assortment of exotic contraptions for sexual stimulation in which the human body seems turned into a mechanized prosthesis.

In this case, it's Spencer Bockus, who created solar-powered fans and other contraptions for science fairs as a fifth grader in California.