Example Sentences

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Figuring out a flow chart of blame is contriving chaos into organization.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2021

Soon he is contriving to meet her, without ever admitting his philanthropy, and taking a more active role in steering the course of her life.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2015

Now Composer-Pianist Lukas Foss, 38, is contriving, with the help of a $10,000 Rockefeller grant, to put the long dead custom back into classical music�and make it an en semble art.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this there are also sound business reasons: M.G.M. is contriving a film sequel, which, using the same cast, will cover the second, exploratory half of Novelist Kenneth Roberts' bestseller.

From Time Magazine Archive

What else then do you think that this man is contriving or wishing, or what other object do you think he has in the war?

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius