Sentence examples for contraption in front of from inspiring English sources

JIM SCHNEIDER spent the better part of last weekend standing on a wood-framed, trampolinelike contraption in front of thousands of strangers.

At first, she silently looked at the metal contraption in front of her peering skeptically from the microphone to me and back again.

There's a strange contraption on the desk in front of me and I can't help wondering what it is.

His one-man-band contraption had gone dead in front of three rows of judges, and time was ticking by.

They were buoyant contraptions that you held out in front of you in the sea, then you switched on the motor and let them pull you through the water.

It's the old story: humans build contraptions, and contraptions become self-conscious, which means spending hours in front of the mirror, refusing to dance at parties, and, in a climactic tantrum, cleansing all humans from the spotty face of the Earth.

John Durant, director of the MIT Museum, speaks at the April 21 kickoff event for the Cambridge Science Festival, in front of the "kickoff contraption". Let there be no doubt about it: The spirit of Rube Goldberg is alive and well at MIT.

On the floor in front of Barber was a red metal contraption resembling an oversized tackle box, with dials, and with the words "Game Ready" printed on its side.

They thought about putting the contraption in very visible places such as the state center or in front of the T station so that it can attract many people.

A white plastic contraption sits around your neck; it has a Burger King logo and a caddy in front of your face big enough for a burger.

Equipped with two small doors in front of the speaker, a music lover could adjust the volume on this new-fangled contraption by simply opening or closing the doors.