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He failed to see that this man had suffered bitterly through his evil machinations.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
The villain Longcluse, and the whole fabric of his machinations, may be dashed in pieces by a word.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
It is from the plots and counter-plots, the machinations and subterfuges that follow that Miss Bowen justifies her title.
He attacked the usurpations of Robespierre and the machinations of the Jacobins, by which he fell.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
Here was another plane of existence where the machinations of men seemed to matter little.
MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMAN
By the God above us, if I thought this was any of your devilish machinations, I would strike you to the earth!
JULIAN HOMEDEAN FREDERIC W. FARRAR
Something deeper and more solemn than the machinations of man took a hand in the making of Llanyglo.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONS
The following year he was deprived of the office by the machinations of the Bishop of Winchester, and fined £100.
I know the blackened purpose of your heart too well; but Corbet still has a friend, who will deliver him from your machinations.'
THE MYSTERIOUS WANDERER, VOL. IIISOPHIA REEVE
If not, might not the machinations of a brain so subtile affect the peace and happiness of Alice Bridgenorth?
PEVERIL OF THE PEAKSIR WALTER SCOTT
WORDS RELATED TO MACHINATIONS
- amour
- chicane
- chicanery
- dalliance
- deception
- devilry
- dirty pool
- double-dealing
- fling
- flirtation
- fooling around
- fourberie
- fraud
- funny business
- hankie-pankie
- hokey-pokey
- knavery
- liaison
- love affair
- machinations
- mischief
- monkey business
- romance
- sexual activity
- sharp practice
- shenanigans
- skullduggery
- subterfuge
- trickery
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.