contraption

Example Sentences

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A squirrel is casually cracking into your latest $67 contraption, and now you understand: You’re competing with a specialist, shaped by a deep evolutionary history in the trees.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Step closer and you hear the contraption appearing to breathe, a tinkling sound like wind chimes emanating from the cooling mechanism that keeps its innards colder than outer space.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

The object of Mouse Trap, a board game featuring a Rube Goldberg-style contraption, is to catch plastic mice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

But it needs their care — and the help of a wheeled contraption to get around.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

I was glad, because it would have taken most of a day and a half to get the contraption hooked up.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings