Sentence examples similar to contrive an invention from inspiring English sources

Can one contrive an innocent motive in that?

1934) defines "device" as "(t)hat which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; project; scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice," and "contrivance" in pertinent part as "(a) thing contrived or used in contriving; a scheme, plan, or artifice". In turn, "contrive" in pertinent part is defined as "(t)o devise; to plan; to plot..

Sonic Youth did contrive a history of canny decisions.

Knight demonstrated a knack for tools and invention from an early age, and she was said to have contrived a safety device for controlling shuttles in powered textile looms when she was 12 years old.

But he contrived a little magic.

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

Plan to market an invention.

It's an invention.

This is an invention.

But not just an invention either.

Griffith is still an invention engine.