Machinations
['mækə'neiʃənz-mæʃ]
Examples
- It was his machinations that caused you to misjudge me, as I misjudged you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- William, Justine, and Clerval, had died through my infernal machinations; And whose death, cried I, is to finish the tragedy? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This attack was directed against Raymond and his machinations for the restoration of the monarchy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I am the assassin of those most innocent victims; they died by my machinations. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I gasped for breath; and, throwing myself on the body, I exclaimed, Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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