Contrived

Examples

• But the queen had before contrived another project. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• We have used for a number of years in this laboratory a form of constant water bath which was contrived by Mr. Edward Bogardus, formerly chemist to the New Jersey State Geological Survey. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A man, for instance, is vain of a beautiful house, which belongs to him, or which he has himself built and contrived. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Yes, answered I, putting my hand into his, and again I contrived to forget Lady W----. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She procured plain work; she plaited straw; and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The lord of the gate, in a fury ran after Deerhurst and with some difficulty contrived to catch hold of his whip. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Brummell talked to Julia while he looked at me; and as soon as he could manage it with decency, he contrived to place himself by my side. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In this deplorable state, I contrived to do, what I take to have been, three Objective things. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I had hitherto contrived to master my curiosity out of consideration for my companion; but it got the better of me now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He also contrived the means of printing in colours from stone, by reversing the process of ordinary lithographic printing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Professor Wheatstone has recently contrived an improvement in his index telegraph, which was described by Professor Faraday in a lecture at the Royal Institution in June last. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Of these she contrived to coax three or four to walk with her to my house; but, alas! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I can't conceive how he contrived to mismanage his affairs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I observed this also, and contrived a fan of branches, which roused the embers when they were nearly extinguished. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He contrived so many little tools to cheapen the work that he made lots of money. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I trust I shall not eat long at your expense, sir, was my very clumsily- contrived, unpolished answer. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I wanted to have another look at Leicester Stanhope, which I at last contrived to accomplish slyly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The carroty-haired Charlton contrived to become a member of this club. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The latest improvements in Revolvers were contrived by Mr. Josiah Ells, of Pittsburg, North America, as specified in a patent obtained for him by the author, in his own name, in 1855. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• One method of producing the same effect is to make the cylinders oscillate on pivots, as contrived by Mr. Murdoch, in the first model steam carriage, made in 1784. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It will be desirable to procure, in the first instance, a box, so contrived that it will hold the painting, and afford the means of throwing the light on the front or on the back at pleasure. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mrs. Norris contrived to remove one article from his sight that might have distressed him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She might think it was contrived, in case of the worse, to convey to him the means of anticipating the sentence. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He was given control of the office, undertook to make his own type, contrived a copper-plate press, the first in America , and printed paper money for New Jersey. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I contrived to set this doubt at rest by very simple means. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• How he contrived to escape being seen by you he did not tell me, but he found us out on that occasion, and in that way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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