Contrives is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Contrives meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of contrive
Using Contrives
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of contrive
- In the example corpus, contrives often appears in combinations such as: contrives to.
Context around Contrives
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contrives
- In this selection, "contrives" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, streisand, mcconnell, lallana and situations stand out and add context to how "contrives" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and lallana contrives to balloon and here streisand contrives to elasticise. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contrives" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contrives
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yet even here Streisand contrives to elasticise the fatal facts. (10 words)
A free header from the Brazilian hits the post and Lallana contrives to balloon his opportunity. (16 words)
Aside from the initial appeal to plausibility of desires that do not directly contribute to one's life going well, Parfit contrives situations where S is indirectly self-defeating. (29 words)
Regardless of what McConnell contrives to be the reason for stonewalling Garland, the fact is that the Constitution empowers the Senate to grant advice and consent in confirming justices to the Supreme Court. (33 words)
Aside from the initial appeal to plausibility of desires that do not directly contribute to one's life going well, Parfit contrives situations where S is indirectly self-defeating. (29 words)
A free header from the Brazilian hits the post and Lallana contrives to balloon his opportunity. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
Yet even here Streisand contrives to elasticise the fatal facts.
Regardless of what McConnell contrives to be the reason for stonewalling Garland, the fact is that the Constitution empowers the Senate to grant advice and consent in confirming justices to the Supreme Court.
A free header from the Brazilian hits the post and Lallana contrives to balloon his opportunity.
Aside from the initial appeal to plausibility of desires that do not directly contribute to one's life going well, Parfit contrives situations where S is indirectly self-defeating.
Common combinations with contrives
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contrives to 3×