Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. From LearnThat.org. [Henri Cartier Bresson]
His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The contrivance is seen to hold a function, and it is recognized by its inherent design. From Wordnik.com. [Ambiguity Tolerance] Reference
The life of this contrivance is short when used in open stopes, owing to the dangers of bombardment from blasting. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration] Reference
All mechanical contrivance is habit materialised; it is continued action without any effort of will, except in the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Zoe: The History of Two Lives] Reference
When the level of narrative contrivance is such that anything can happen or be forgotten in the space of a week, then nothing matters. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica] Reference
They call a contrivance like that a floating anchor. From Wordnik.com. [Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia] Reference
This little contrivance, which is so simple and Light, lasts for months, and is perfectly effective. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
When this stick is twirled about, a not very melodious grumbling sound proceeds from the contrivance, which is known by the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference
It only needs that a just man should walk in our streets to make it appear how pitiful and inartificial a contrivance is our legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
It only needs that a just man should walk in our streets, to make it appear how pitiful and inartificial a contrivance is our legislation. From Wordnik.com. [XVI. Essays. New England Reformers. A Lecture Read before the Society in Amory Hall on Sunday, March 3, 1844] Reference
It only needs, that a just man should walk in our streets, to make it appear how pitiful and inartificial a contrivance is our legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Essays: Second Series (1844)] Reference
When this stick is twirled about, a not very melodious grumbling sound proceeds from the contrivance, which is known by the name of 'Rommelpot.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
By means of this contrivance, which is just a gigantic floating crane, the ponderous lower-masts of large ships are raised and lowered into their places. From Wordnik.com. [Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships] Reference
They live in holes bored in the ground, and provided with a trapdoor contrivance which is closed when the insect is at home. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Judge Rakoff called the settlement a "contrivance", which allowed the SEC to appear to be a regulator, but doing nothing substantially. From Wordnik.com. [Why Aren't These People in Jail?] Reference
Barrier, which had been left open while all these works were in progress, was now closed by a contrivance which is also worth mentioning. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
The Hardwicke women may have found comfort in a contrivance which is thus described in by an "old inhabitant:". From Wordnik.com. [Sabbath in Puritan New England] Reference
Never do you hear the telltale creak of contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Good for the Geese] Reference
The familial metaphors are a contrivance, to be sure. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Wheel] Reference
Fortunately, the A6's new contrivance is satisfying in every way. From Wordnik.com. [ROAD TEST | AUDI A6] Reference
Its nest is very curious, and discovers amazing art and contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
He hit upon a contrivance to be always with her: he would be her "comic.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
"What in the world do you suppose those ancients made such a terrible contrivance for?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
He tried every plan and contrivance, however childish, by which men have sometimes courted slumber. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
To Avedon, the result is not a contrivance but a picture "more lucid than the reality of the moment.". From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
"There was not an artifice, con, contrivance, dupe, trap or double cross the team didn't want to run.". From Wordnik.com. [Playing for Keeps] Reference
Marissa was born to be with Ryan, and so D.J. (Nicholas Gonzales) seems like too much of a contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Television] Reference
For all the up-to-the-minute research, the movie still gives off the musty scent of Hollywood contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [Hostage Heat] Reference
The Tea Party was a contrivance of political entrepreneurs, but it has grown to a point where it is slipping out of control. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Levine: Needed: A Democratic Tea Party] Reference
The loopy contrivance of this plot is exacerbated by the broadness with which Streisand directs Richard LaGravenese's script. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Tips From Babs] Reference
Blake Lively does what she can, but her character is such a contrivance that all that's left is her outfit and giant earrings. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: Huff Post review: The Town (2010)] Reference
By means of this contrivance the yield of sprats is so great that there is often some little difficulty in disposing of the catch. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
This is a handy boat for getting about in, but it is quite impossible to learn the art of rowing from such a mechanical contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
Further contrivance comes in the character of Claire herself, especially when contrasted with the only other major female in the film. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: Huff Post review: The Town (2010)] Reference
It was a genuine moment in an art-and-performance world geared more and more toward contrivance -- even in jazz, an improvisatory form. From Wordnik.com. [What's Elliptical Is New Again] Reference
Here is that life as TV has preferred to forget it -- messy, cuteness-free and rendered without a smidgen of condescension or contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [The Shows Must Go On] Reference
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