infernal machine
Example Sentences
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The infernal machine will continue largely unstopped because there is a huge market for its poison.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023
The brilliant “elephant,” lumbering and impressive like its African namesake, is an infernal machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
At its worst, this rapid-fire, high-tech “Joseph” comes off like an infernal machine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2014
It’s also been called the Rube Goldberg effect –– where you see the world as an infernal machine.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2011
“What is wrong with this infernal machine? And now another interruption! Where is that voice coming from?”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
