| The protest of the church was of no avail to defeat the machination of demagogues. |
| All MacTaggart's anger rose against madame for her machination. |
| It was not the machination or revenge of a disappointed suitor. |
| You had to admire the sheer pluck of the woman, the marvellously unMachiavellian lack of machination or anything you might call strategy. |
| We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God. |
| I felt at once that he had succeeded in some machination against me, and with ominous misgivings quickened my steps. |
