MACHINATION in a Sentence

Learn MACHINATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
336 example sentences for MACHINATION, such as:
1. The machine will soon wear out.
2. A dance tune was put on the machine.
3. Chuff, chuff, chuff went the machine.
4. Tick tick tick the machine reiterated.
5. Tick, tick, tick the machine continued.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of MACHINATION
machination
 n.  clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
Classic Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1  This would light the stalls and warm them in winter, and would also run a circular saw, a chaff-cutter, a mangel-slicer, and an electric milking machine.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
2  The windmill had been successfully completed at last, and the farm possessed a threshing machine and a hay elevator of its own, and various new buildings had been added to it.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
3  It was the noise a machine makes when something has gone wrong.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
4  Chuff, chuff, chuff the machine buzzed in the bushes.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
5  Chuff, chuff, chuff, the machine buzzed.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
6  Chuff, chuff, chuff, went the machine like a corn-cutter on a hot day.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
7  Chuff, chuff, chuff, the machine ticked.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
8  Chuff, chuff, chuff went the machine.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
9  Tick, tick, tick the machine continued.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
10  A dance tune was put on the machine.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
11  The machine in the bushes went chuff, chuff, chuff.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
12  Chuff, chuff, chuff went the machine in the bushes, accurately, insistently.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
13  The chuff, chuff, chuff of the machine in the bushes had stopped.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
14  Tick, tick, tick, went the machine in the bushes.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
15  Tick tick tick the machine reiterated.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
Example Sentence: (167 in 12 pages)
1  Fortunately, Batman saw through the wily machination of the Riddler and saved Gotham City from destruction by the forces of evil.
2  The bank is able to provide photographic evidence of who used the machine.
3  Install the machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
4  My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action.
5  The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.
6  He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances.
7  In the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.
8  This unit removes calcium and magnesium from the water, preventing limescale from building up in the machine and on your tableware.
9  Various metals are used to make the parts of this machine.
10  The crash victim is now on a life-support machine.
11  The machine will soon wear out.
12  The worker bathed machine parts in the oil.
13  The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.
14  The worker depressed the lever to start the machine.
15  The worker operated the machine expertly;we admired him greatly.