Sentence examples for drives a contraption from inspiring English sources
With a rig set up on a barge, the team drives a contraption called a split-spoon into the canal bottom, which sucks up the muck into a hollow metal tube that can be split open once it is back on board.
They have to put their cars on a dynomometer, a contraption that can mimic real-world driving conditions, and go for a "drive".
Ultimately, it feels more a contraption than a car, and it's a chore to drive.
After repairs to the beams and bulkheads, work will commence on the electrical components that open the bridge, which uses a motor to drive a system of pulleys, cable and a winch to drag the span on "trucks" along rails, a contraption that one transportation worker likened to "kiddie cars".
It looked like a contraption a wedding photographer might use.
It's quite a contraption to assemble and manipulate.
For instance, a $16.99 hose reel (a contraption to hold a hose) was out of stock at a local Sears, a fact I learned only after a 20-minute drive to the store.
A rainbird is a contraption that simulates a storm.
A contraption began pumping bubbles into the water.
The final product will be a contraption of trade-offs and murky accounting.
