Example Sentences

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Human ingenuity will have contrived some means for freeing men's minds from the dread of destitution.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

Take my word for it, Lina, Moore will have contrived to get his sister out of the way.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte