Sentence examples for of a contraption from inspiring English sources

In reading about Victorian seaside resorts, I've come across several passing mentions of a contraption called a bathing machine.

Here, he listened to the squeals of his children and the hum of a contraption called an air conditioner.

The most famous design for what could generously be called an early hang glider remains Leonardo da Vinci's of a contraption seemingly pulled from a children's book.

They are products of a contraption more interesting than its results, the Thought-O-Graph, a hand-operated writing machine that prints on ribbon.

Christian was fascinated with a small case containing a pint-size Etch-A-Sketch in the grip of a contraption made from Mindstorms pieces.

And, of course, to use the keys to type you still had to put the Frankenstein-monster of a contraption down.

A dog-lover whose father bred Irish Setters, Girona has spent much of the past decade photographing and documenting dogs with the goal of creating a contraption that could extend the luxury of a toilet to dogs.

"The thing is, I don't like wearing them, I don't like the feeling of having a contraption on my face.

What he had overcome were the unexpected difficulties of getting a contraption designed in the 19th century to work in the 21st.That, as it happens, is exactly the problem faced by the world's science museums.

Turning the language of liberation into a contraption of conquest is nothing new: it's part of Liberal heritage.

It seems improbable that a piece of ancient machinery, a contraption of levers and pulleys designed in 1913, would be critical to the successful operation of one of the nation's largest commuter railroads.