| 1. | Brownlow contrived to state his cas. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 3. | Complotted and contrived in this lan. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed. - from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 5. | Thou hast contrived against the very lif. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | Here also we made some acquaintances, who almost contrived to cheat me into happiness. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 7. | If it can be contrived to be at the Crown, papa, it will be very convenient for the horses. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 8. | By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 9. | Martin's-le-Grand, and, while I sheltered in the cabmen's hut, had contrived to telegraph to Paris. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |