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contrivance sentence examples

  • Contrivance of the gospel speaks forth what a high esteem god puts upon the souls of men.
  • In general, i only use these little contrivances when i am forced to.
  • The width of the bridge was increased by an ingenious contrivance of the late david stephenson, esq. architect.
  • The relationship between gigli and ricki is given the room to develop gradually, without plot contrivances forcing them together.
  • Contrivances intended to represent the mechanism from which the human voice was derived.
  • The last item on the desktop was a mechanical contrivance.
  • It's a gameplay contrivance that keeps you on a linear path through each area.
  • Also, one suspects jailbreak will require contrivances to exact a winner from the group.
  • Odysseus was on his way to being a true contriver; we seem content to be mere contrivances.
  • Various contrivances by which orchids are fertilized by insects.
  • With a box of tools and a few mighty simple contrivances he had made out to have a devil of a temple.
  • There are evils which have sported with the weakness and subdued the strength of all human contrivances to vanish them.

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