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The example sentences of CONTRIVANCES in videos (1 in total of 1)

the determiner pacing verb, gerund or present participle is verb, 3rd person singular present also adverb a determiner bit noun, singular or mass rushed verb, past tense even adverb compared verb, past participle with preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner first adjective issue noun, singular or mass and coordinating conjunction there existential there are verb, non-3rd person singular present many adjective contrivances noun, plural

Use "contrivances" in a sentence | "contrivances" example sentences

How to use "contrivances" in a sentence?

  • To converse at the distance of the Indes by means of sympathetic contrivances may be as natural to future times as to us is a literary correspondence.
    -Joseph Glanvill-
  • Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto.
    -Marquis de Sade-
  • The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.
    -Edwin Paxton Hood-
  • Everybody has to be reminded that there's another way to be. Another more mysterious, unpredictable way to be that's not necessarily based upon contrivances.
    -Stanley Crouch-
  • The Bible is not for the people; whosoever will be saved must renounce it. It is a forbidden book. Bible societies are satanic contrivances.
    -Pope Pius IV-
  • Nature refuses to sympathize with our sorrow. She seems not to have provided for, but by a thousand contrivances against it.
    -Henry David Thoreau-

Definition and meaning of CONTRIVANCES

What does "contrivances mean?"

/kənˈtrīvəns/

noun
use of skill to create something.
other
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What are synonyms of "contrivances"?
Some common synonyms of "contrivances" are:
  • scheme,
  • stratagem,
  • tactic,
  • maneuver,
  • move,
  • plan,
  • ploy,
  • gambit,
  • device,
  • wile,
  • trick,
  • ruse,
  • plot,
  • machination,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

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