Sentence example with the word 'machination'

machination

artifice, complicity, contrivance, designing, finesse, intrigue, manipulation, ploy, schemery, supercherie, underplot

Definition n. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your

Last update: June 21, 2015


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He execrated his own folly, without which all the machination of Duval would have been without effect.   [Please select]

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Was there some hidden purpose, some crafty machination lurking behind the elaborated manner with which the invitation was delivered.   [Please select]

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Honest and straightforward, what could he do against this far-reaching machination.   [Please select]

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Their machinations were quashed at an early stage.   [Please select]

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By constant machination and intrigue the king's revenues have been so depleted that ordinary debts are troublesome.   [Please select]

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The machination that he had discovered by himself was not quite the best because he was only 5.   [Please select]

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After being caught running a machination against his political rival, the ruthless candidate lost the election.   [Please select]

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The con artist’s victims quickly fell for his easy money machination.   [Please select]

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To dream of being tortured, denotes that you will undergo disappointment and grief through the machination of false friends.   [Please select]

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And if we would render ourselves proof against its machination, we must remove our weaknesses.   [Please select]

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The Cumberland Road was, for its day, a gigantic government undertaking involving problems of finance, civil engineering, eminent domain, state rights, local favoritism, and political machination.   [Please select]

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