Words similar to contrivance

Example sentences for: contrivance

How can you use “contrivance” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

(1) Minor means solipsistic . McEwan's plot is a contrivance of infantile simplicity worked out among four characters.
… I was 7 when I first had sex …" She worships him and sees right through him, and a part that might have seemed a sentimental contrivance becomes the source of comic bliss.
That's not contrivance.
As the contrivance is American, it is sold in the UK with a card that shows the “correct Queen's English” where spellings differ.