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Example sentences for contrive
They believed in it, and this gave them a dignity that no amount of pomp could contrive.
His delight and intent was to discover the surreal in the real, not to contrive surreal imagery.
Or they can arrive separately at the place where boats are rented, each rent a boat, and then contrive to meet on the water.
In fact, would-be loggers sometimes contrive phoney agricultural schemes purely as an excuse to clear-cut forests.
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