Sentence examples for operating the contraption from inspiring English sources

After a quick introduction to the mechanics of operating the contraption and a few words about its idiosyncrasies, I loaded the appropriate app on my iPad and went down to the beach.

Six women were trained to operate the contraption, which was played like a pipe organ.

Everyone may not get one but theoretically, they can, at least, operate the contraption.

Also, who would be qualified to operate these contraptions?

It took a particular kind of person to actually operate the machine, which not only required tuition and craftsmanship, but a degree of fearlessness as these contraptions would from time to time squirt out molten metal.

By operating mechanical contraptions and deciphering codes and symbols discovered in the surroundings, the vaguely explained goal can eventually be reached.

At one corner of the stand, Sofia Vasquez operates a contraption that looks much like a silk-screen machine, pulling a lever over and over to flatten balls of cornmeal dough and turn them into tortillas.

What you see in the gallery are the messy remains of brief performances in which he operates his contraptions.

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.

But the contraption did not work.

Unfortunately the contraption didn't work.