contrivance in a sentence

Examples

1. So they shook hands on some budget contrivances to make the numbers fit.
2. By a mechanical contrivance the throne followed Solomon wherever he wished to go.
3. But Irene feels in this movie more like a somewhat cynical commercial contrivance.
4. He was so taken with the contrivance that he solemnly married her afterwards.
5. The dimensions of the waistband serve as a contrivance for streamlining waist measurements.
6. This mobile, stentorian contrivance was much in demand for fairgrounds and circuses.
7. According to Feinberg, the gender binary is a contrivance of Western civilization.
8. This ingenious contrivance was exhibited from 1817 until 1840.
9. Can you provide a photograph of this mechanical contrivance?
10. Neutrality and weight don't mean creating a contrivance such as that.