- present participle of contrive.
contriving
Example Sentences
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The FDA implicitly concedes that the RP1 results are impressive by contriving ridiculous reasons to argue they could be exaggerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Redondo hit the post twice in a matter of seconds - first seeing her header brilliantly tipped on to the woodwork by Daphne van Domselaar, before contriving to turn the rebound off the same upright.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
Perhaps his primary knack was for contriving a tension between immaculate optics and human entropy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
But I wonder if such a connection can even be made between then and our friendship now, or if I’m contriving it to appease in me some compulsion for closure.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
We worked by contriving intricate and open-ended emotional conspiracies.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
