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How do you use Contriving in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Contriving in a sentence

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Contriving | Contrived | Contriver | Contrives

Contriving meaning

present participle and gerund of contrive

Using Contriving

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of contrive
  • In the example corpus, contriving often appears in combinations such as: contriving to.

Context around Contriving

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

busy 1× forces 1×

Often after:

rigging 1× charges 1× staged 1×

Sentence patterns with Contriving

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

code including contriving to fix 1× conniving and contriving staged fictions 1× contriving to catch 1× counterbalance the contriving of mustafa 1× is busy contriving rigging plans 1× raimi for contriving the rare 1× security forces contriving charges 1× severity in contriving them 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

contriving to catch 1× earlier in may 1× from 1620 until 1× instead of mayaki 1× penalties should be 1× points to director 1×

Common sentence endings:

between them disappears 1× forces contriving charges 1× in contriving them 1× plans of pdp 1× the old palace 1× to defame israel 1×

Words around Contriving

Just before it in the word index:

contrives 4 contriver 6 contrived 115 contrive 16 contrivances 5 contrivance 22

Just after it in the word index:

contro 2 control 24.014 controladora 3 controle 2 controllability 16 controllable 67

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Contriving

  • In this selection, "contriving" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, busy, forces, rigging, charges and staged stand out and add context to how "contriving" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include code including contriving to fix and conniving and contriving staged fictions. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "contriving" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with contriving

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Instead of Mayaki to be drafting a memorable concession speech, he is busy contriving rigging plans of PDP. (18 words)

Penalties should be imposed not only for lax adherence to the rules but also for excess severity in contriving them. (20 words)

But many of its opponents deeply question the fairness and transparency of the Chinese court system and worry about security forces contriving charges. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Points to director Sam Raimi for contriving the rare innovation on the classic lip-lock by suspending Tobey Maguire upside-down to plant one on Kirsten Dunst, their faces forming a perfect symmetry as the space between them disappears. (39 words)

From 1620 until Osman's death, a governess (daye hatun, lit. wet-nurse) was appointed as a stand-in valide, and she could not counterbalance the contriving of Mustafa I 's mother in the Old Palace. (36 words)

The racist, dehumanizing and hideous term “” has been coined to imply that the entire Palestinian population are consistently conniving and contriving staged fictions of their brutal treatment to defame Israel. (30 words)

Example sentences (8)

Penalties should be imposed not only for lax adherence to the rules but also for excess severity in contriving them.

Earlier, in May last year, ICC had provisionally suspended Thomas for corruption through seven charges under its anti-corruption code, including contriving to fix matches.

Instead of Mayaki to be drafting a memorable concession speech, he is busy contriving rigging plans of PDP.

But many of its opponents deeply question the fairness and transparency of the Chinese court system and worry about security forces contriving charges.

Points to director Sam Raimi for contriving the rare innovation on the classic lip-lock by suspending Tobey Maguire upside-down to plant one on Kirsten Dunst, their faces forming a perfect symmetry as the space between them disappears.

The racist, dehumanizing and hideous term “” has been coined to imply that the entire Palestinian population are consistently conniving and contriving staged fictions of their brutal treatment to defame Israel.

Contriving to catch the illicit couple in the act, Hephaestus fashioned a finely-knitted and nearly invisible net with which to snare them.

From 1620 until Osman's death, a governess (daye hatun, lit. wet-nurse) was appointed as a stand-in valide, and she could not counterbalance the contriving of Mustafa I 's mother in the Old Palace.

Common combinations with contriving

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • contriving to 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "contriving" in a sentence?
An example: "Penalties should be imposed not only for lax adherence to the rules but also for excess severity in contriving them." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "contriving" from authentic English texts.
What does "contriving" mean?
Contriving means: present participle and gerund of contrive
How many example sentences with "contriving" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "contriving", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.