contraptions

Example Sentences

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They install heat cables in the soil to keep their pumpkins warm, build contraptions to cover them from the sun and add grow-lights for cloudy days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Crowds hoot and cheer as the contraptions float into the darkening sky, while referees judge the magnificence of their aerial explosions.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Race cars and blockbuster movies have a core thing in common: They’re expensive contraptions made by teams who are painfully aware that they can fine-tune everything and still crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Last year's Tears of the Kingdom, for example, allowed players to build strange contraptions and led to memorable creations such as a giant robotic Godzilla.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

Maybe it wanted all the complicated social contraptions of whatever temples and markets they’d built.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri