Sentence examples for he contrived from inspiring English sources
But he contrived a little magic.
Soon after, he contrived the death of the dowager empress.
His limbs seemed twice as long as previously as he contrived some electrifying court coverage.
His youthful self-confidence restored, he contrived to meet Salvador Dali.
lover of the English king Edward II's queen, Isabella of France, with whom he contrived Edward's deposition and murder (1327).
In Tucson a fortnight ago, and this week in Congress, he contrived to soar loftily above petty politics.
After various interprises he decided to manufacture American-style cigarettes, & how he contrived to import, illegally, machinery, tobacco & cigarette paper.
He contrived a triptych – posh Scottish upbringing; the war years; and his time running Granada TV.
Somehow he contrived to run a campaign that neither won elections nor stood on its principles.
This included an incident when, needing a knee operation, he contrived to have an epidural so that he could remain conscious and therefore in charge.
Lewis, Lingeman says, "had a phobia about being alone," but he contrived to be alone when surrounded by people, deafened by his own "endlessly narratory" voice.
