device

Example Sentences

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It would be easy to take Emma’s confession as a simple cinematic provocation, a tone-deaf narrative device intended to make viewers squirm in their seats.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

They tracked the source of the attack to a device: a digital picture frame that had fired off hundreds of thousands of junk data packets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Losing your child to a device is one of my biggest fears," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Elsewhere, she uses that same device of repetition to freeze-frame happy memories - representing a new way of thinking.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Liddy refused to put the lead hunk into his shoe—the limp-inducing device was part of his cover, designed to distract passersby from his face, but it was just too painful.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin