contrive
verb (used with object)
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent.
are contriving
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present progressiveof contrive.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And their size is governed by the wavelengths of sunlight, not by the imagination of engineers who are contriving ever more miniaturized transistors down the Moore’s Law learning curve.
From Forbes ● Feb. 14, 2011
I have not seen him yet, but I verily think they are contriving a peace as fast as they can, without which it will be impossible to subsist.
From The Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift
Cinthio and I, are contriving how we shall see you to Night.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
You may be sure they are contriving something against us; they are arranging some new plan to subdue us.
From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Niccolò Machiavelli
"Oh, sir, hear me," entreated the maiden, "the people in this house know you and they are contriving evil against you."
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
