Sentence examples for contrive a reason from inspiring English sources

If you fall into this category, it's OK to contrive a reason to talk to someone to get the conversation flowing.

Contrive a reason to go to the store - for instance, maybe you need to go to the local department store to buy pencils or paper for school.

In the late nineties, Alan Greenspan contrived a reason not to burst the bubble, and in the middle of the past decade Bernanke did the same thing.

She ended the set by singling out a young white woman in the audience and contriving a reason to bury her face in the woman's hair — less a joke than a performance of trampled social mores.

Sonic Youth did contrive a history of canny decisions.

We may need to contrive a way to avoid contaminant, e.g., introducing heaters.

After this, Achilles desires to see Helen, and Aphrodite and Thetis contrive a meeting between them.

Can one contrive an innocent motive in that?

Federer, 31 and seeking a record eighth Wimbledon title, would have to contrive an escape.

But he contrived a little magic.

Hamlet contrives a plan to test the ghost's accusation.