Sentence examples for get the contraption from inspiring English sources

Alinghi, it turns out, had tried to build an underwater toboggan of its own, but could not get the contraption to work.

The mother had left out a can of tomato soup for the two of us, but I'd never operated a can opener, and I couldn't get the contraption to latch; it skated around the can, making no dent.

Breathing heavily, with his suit overheating and visor fogging up, the astronaut struggled to get the contraption to work.

If the contraption didn't get the chance to work its home-made magic for Green herself, at least it had the effect of getting her back into her studio, where she has been trying to confront, or shore herself up against, what has become the fact of her life, the role she has found herself assigned by the ardent, obsessive readers of her late husband's books.

About 25 years ago, as a single mother with three young children and no business experience, she expended a small investment and a lot of sweat equity to get the mop — a foldable, durable contraption that made soaking up floors easie‎r — out into the marketplace, eventually turning it into a sensation on QVC.

I would not think twice about getting into the contraption and traveling back to my younger years in school.

However, its gameplay is very different from Angry Birds — it's more strategic, as you have to build contraptions to help get the eponymous naughty pigs to their destination.

If you ever get the chance to pull on one of these contraptions, DO IT.

No hurry now, no evil genius is going to end the world in a minute with some evil contraption, so take all the time you want to get the masking off.

Getting this contraption up and running is challenging enough, and the Met is a repertory house.

I'd be locked in and need the assistance of others to get out of the contraption.