All 5 Uses of
contrived
in
The War of the Worlds
- There were no oars in the boat, but I contrived to paddle, as well as my parboiled hands would allow, down the river towards Halliford and Walton, going very tediously and continually looking behind me, as you may well understand.†
Chpt 1.13
- There was food aboard, albeit at exorbitant prices, and the three of them contrived to eat a meal on one of the seats forward.†
Chpt 1.17 *
- The second handling-machine was now completed, and was busied in serving one of the novel contrivances the big machine had brought.†
Chpt 2.3
- The contrast between the swift and complex movements of these contrivances and the inert panting clumsiness of their masters was acute, and for days I had to tell myself repeatedly that these latter were indeed the living of the two things.†
Chpt 2.3
- One man—the first—had gone to St. Martin's-le-Grand, and, while I sheltered in the cabmen's hut, had contrived to telegraph to Paris.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(contrived) unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)