Sentence examples for contraption on a from inspiring English sources

He attached a flashing red police light to a long pipe, put the contraption on a stockroom cart, and set it next to the wrapping-paper section.

Along with Marco de Fazio, a scientist from STMicrolectronics, a firm that manufactures ink-jet print heads, they were clustered around a small, half-built device that looked a little like a Tinkertoy contraption on a mirrored base.

Wang showed me a demo (which you can actually see below) where he put together some type of gun contraption on a computer screen with his hands.

Meanwhile, Craig, who was sporting a complicated contraption on one arm, apparently following surgery for a long-term injury, talked about working with Mathieu Amalric, who plays evil faux environmentalist Dominic Greene, describing the Frenchman as a "wonderful actor", who brought something "sick and twisted" to the role.

The bikes ranged from a four bike (tandem-mounted-on-a-tandem) contraption to something that looked like a pair of skis.

To solve the problem, Dr. Potente used dental floss and lead weights to rig up a contraption on the entrance of a nest box that will allow only the bluebirds to gain entry.

James M. Zeoli, president of the Orange Country Fair, Sept. 16 and 17, said the men generally head for the doodle bug pulls -- a doodle bug is sort of a homemade contraption on the chassis of a heavy truck -- while the women are partial to the antique dealers and arts and crafts, and the children check out the police and fire department booths and the animal exhibits.

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

Teams from around the country design a mobile contraption centered on a theme like "Santa and the Evil Elves".

I'm lying in a $3 million M.R.I. scanning tube, a noise-canceling headset on my ears and a mirror contraption on my head that lets me see a television hung on the nearby wall.

It is nighttime, and as he puts a contraption on his head, his wife, also in pajamas, enters the kitchen and asks what he is doing.