Sentence examples for for contraption from inspiring English sources

Along comes a report quoting a high-level Soviet scientist official reiterating the Soviet's position that they have no need whatever to match us contraption for contraption.

One of the main justifications for the huge budget allotments granted Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (known as Star Wars) was that there was a good chance that the Soviets would go bankrupt in attempting to match us, contraption for contraption.

By Lawrence Weschler The New Yorker, September 15 , 1986P. 27 One of the main justifications for the huge budget allotments granted Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (known as Star Wars) was that there was a good chance that the Soviets would go bankrupt in attempting to match us, contraption for contraption.

Long before the industry realized it, Mad recognized that, while smokers would always smoke, they would go for contraptions that lessened the harm or, if they could, abandon tobacco altogether.

The Vive is on sale now for $799 and ships with download codes for Fantastic Contraption, Job Simulator and Tilt Brush.

Before I called the cable company to bid my farewell I imagined that I would need a vast array of devices to fill the entertainment void: a device for games, something for television shows, a contraption for streaming movies through Netflix and, finally, something to control all of the above.

And quite a lure it is: this year, sales for the contraption are up 50percentt.

He came up with the name for the contraption after trying to explain it to curious bystanders.

People in Detroit like Henry Ford, who was the most famous but there are others, said there's a middle-class market for this contraption, it's not just the plaything of the wealthy".

The inspiration for the contraption, about the size & shape of a cigarette-vending machine, came to him when, as a research psychologist in the Air Forces Air Research & Development Command, he drew up tests to measure the proficiency of personnel who had been trained to work with intricate electronic equipment.

Therefore, I thought up a clever name for a contraption I invented that locates my "To Do" list around the house with an annoying buzzing sound.