How to Use machination in a Sentence

machination

noun

• But that may only mark the start of a new phase in the conflict, one defined more by the machinations of foreign powers.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• The grandeur of the show in general is almost like a machination of Andrew's brain.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Mar. 2018
• In The Loop was a parody of the machinations that led to the Iraq War.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2018
• Look to the self-defeating machinations of Merrick Garland and Jack Smith.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 July 2024
• Six different directors over six hourlong episodes explore the machinations and corrupt culture that have given rise to some of the more infamous business scandals of our time.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• But considering all of his subtle machinations so far - which were hinted at but never fully explored until now - the audience has to believe his capture is part of some grand scheme.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• Rapp's short, fascinating career earned him cult status, but ended after less than a decade when the singer became disenchanted with the machinations of the music business.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2018
• Officials say there was and still is uncertainty about Lee’s involvement in the Chinese government’s machinations.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2018
• But again, Loeb knows a thing or two about the machinations of space.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023
• The focus was on people, the machinations and ploys of city dwellers.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 7 May 2018
• Still, these machinations did not earn him a place in the Sardi’s hall of fame.
  — Town & Country, 30 Nov. 2018
• But for all of the Tigers’ machinations, that sub-.500 record has them a mere three games out of first place in the AL Central.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 14 May 2018
• It’s always been part of the mix to debate the machinations behind the Beards.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
• Such Cold War machinations might seem like the stuff of a bygone era.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• This places him at the center of the regime’s highest-risk machination.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 21 June 2019
• After a while this starts to feel like dithering, or the machinations of soap opera.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
• The rights to the game were subject to byzantine contracts and agreements and machinations and bribery.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• Yet the movie’s plot machinations and brooding tone are at times a little too clever.
  — Pat Padua, kansascity, 8 Mar. 2018
• But Blackstone’s machinations seem to have broken the spirit, rather than the letter, of the rules.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• The slow machinations of the House and its levers of power often don’t translate to voters.
  — Liz Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• As Villeneuve says, the film focuses more on the machinations of the Bene Gesserit.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2024
• Were you drawn to the way this show depicts the inner machination and office politics of the CIA?
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 21 Dec. 2022
• And if the brand-new mother doesn’t want to participate in the machination?
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
• The spycraft involves all the machinations to keep the winners secret.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• The whole machination is pretty much based on a semblance of supply and demand.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021
• Now, we are left with nothing, only the machinations of the academy.
  — David L. Ulin, latimes.com, 11 May 2018
• The machinations are par for the course at Naftogaz, which transports billions of dollars of natural gas through and around Ukraine each year.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• When the action pivots to the machinations of the professors under Hank, the pilot loses its head of steam.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023
• The legal machinations haven’t led to big victories in court so far, and in fact Thomas More’s efforts have sometimes drawn ridicule from the bench.
  — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2023
• The timing of Darktrace’s announcement, made on a Friday, and the immediacy of the change, will cause speculation about the machinations behind the scenes at the British cybersecurity darling.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024