All Rodchurch had seemed anxious to assist Mr. and Mrs. Dale in Contriving their little maid's holiday.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
We may flatter ourselves that we have done a very shrewd thing in Contriving to reap the benefits without bearing the burdens of society.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
The truth is, I had been too hard at work all day, too full of the business of planning, cutting, testing, and Contriving, to find leisure to dwell upon what he had said at breakfast, and now that I lay alone in darkness it was the only subject I could settle my thoughts to.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell