Sentence examples for such contraption from inspiring English sources

(The old-school Lower Manhattan loft where the couple has lived since the mid-1960s may be considered one such contraption, a rare environment fondly immortalized by their son Azazel Jacobs in his 2008 movie "Momma's Man").

Mr. Bangle imagines such contraptions automatically assembling and disassembling themselves.

Such contraptions have their place, but they should never again be elevated to the position they occupied during the past decade.

He built his first weight machine in his father's garage when he was 22, at a time when the main users of such contraptions were body builders.

But this technology is hardly mature: just 4% of such contraptions will embed cellular connections, and many will need to piggyback on sluggish 2G phones, via Bluetooth or WiFi.Related topics Google Android Amazon Apple iPad Cisco Apple.

The appeal of such contraptions, say their makers, is their ability to liberate the urban commuter from the challenges and frustrations of driving and parking a car, hailing a cab or enduring public transportation.

You've never seen such contraptions, from double-frame tall bikes, recumbent tricycles, and bike chariots to a kid's bike welded inside a giant steel wheel so that the rider can slam on the brakes and do a forward flip.

No Roman soldier ever wore such a contraption at parades or in combat.

She could be excused, though, since it was her first time using such a contraption.

If the body were a machine, Turing wondered: is it possible to artificially create such a contraption that could think like he did?

The longest story, "The Turpentine Still," marvels at an American who built such a contraption in Haiti, in defiance of all common sense.