Sentence examples for this contrivance from inspiring English sources

But the consequences of all this contrivance were real enough.

Quite soon, however, Woolf seems to abandon this contrivance.

Yet this contrivance is filmed on location, and Hausner presents some of that location's picturesque oddities.

This contrivance used to be dominated by yakuza criminal gangs, which extorted cash from the parlours' owners.

This contrivance may have been used for mounting only, however, because of the danger of being unable to free the foot quickly in dismounting.

This contrivance has been engineered solely so that she can meet the by-the-book Daly Tim Blake Nelsonn), a maintenance technician for the company that makes the security anklet.

Thinking about all of this, and the contrivance of the new visitor experience – which, although it no longer involves the dreaded tunnel, does require a 2km road-train shuttle from the centre to the stones – I couldn't stop myself from uttering the dreaded M-word: "Don't you worry about the monument ceasing to be real in an important sense," I asked.

This little contrivance is called Days of Life, and it's as chillingly simple and straightforward as its name suggests.

Still, if you can get past this initial contrivance, you are in for a dizzying ride of suspense and revelation.

This dazzling contrivance, complete with a replica of Blumenthal's boyhood bedroom and a chimney that puffs smoke, cost £150,000 to build.

(Scott) 'FEAST OF LOVE' (R, 102 minutes) This hollow contrivance masquerades as a wise and witty contemporary gloss on "A Midsummer Night's Dream".