Sentence examples for devise like from inspiring English sources

It is one thing to devise, like Cruickshank, a machine that accurately maps the sea-bed, so that ships don't run aground and people don't drown.

They endure brain-numbing innovations that only City Hall suits can devise, like those maddening Elmo messages of a few years ago, the ones that screamed at passengers to buckle up and take their belongings.

In fact, the standard model seemed, when it was devised, like a rest stop on a march toward something greater.

This came first in television plays - notably in Abigail's Party, his cringe-making 1970s classic of suburban ghastliness - and then in the late 80s and 90s in feature films, devised like all his work through improvisation and typified by what fans see as vivid neo-Dickensian life, and detractors dismiss as mere caricature and miserablism.

And my suspicion is that it's been purposely devised like that as a cost-saving initiative, because a CNC 1 will probably get paid a few hundred dollars more a week than what a CNS 2 would get paid.

"You could not devise anything like them.

Working mostly with Kirby as well as with Bill Everett and Steve Ditko, Lee went on to devise personalities like the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, the X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange and, of course, the Amazing Spider-Man.

For example, you might devise something like, "What Happened in the Morning" or "A Death Among Thieves".. Base the title on your book's main character.

He would like to devise an N.F.L. equivalent of frontcourt seats at Los Angeles Lakers games.

For young visitors who would like to devise their own extraterrestrials, the hall offers Clay Creations Thursdays through Sundays at 2 and 3 30 p.m. (There is a $3 materials fee).

FIELD TRIPS FOR YOUNG FOODIES Children who'd like to devise their own specialty sandwiches one day should persuade their teachers to sign up for a field trip to the Brooklyn Kitchen.