How to use "devise" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "devise" in popular movie and book plots

They devise a plan to outwit the Townsend House operatives with Gentry following their drone to its station and Ruth leading Babbitt away from Gentry. - Dead Eye (novel)
A one-act satirical comedy about four white people trying to devise a politically correct First Thanksgiving play for Native American Heritage Month to be done in the schools. - The Thanksgiving Play
Barry and Oliver devise a plan to deliver Kendra and Carter as a ruse to get close enough to destroy the staff. - Heroes Join Forces
An ex-con electronics genius (Prinze) and his four female accomplices devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. - The Million Dollar Rip-Off
When there is a bounce house crisis at Regular Sized Rudy's birthday party, the Belcher kids devise a scheme to save the day. - House of 1000 Bounces
Hyung-wook, Jae-sung, and Eun-joo devise a new plan for themselves so that they can start a new clean life. - Luck Key
They track the mole using a Geiger counter and devise a plan to catch him. - The Last Children of Krypton
The Millers refuse and begin to devise a hasty escape plan with Flora. - Chapter 5 (American Horror Story)
The two devise a trick. - Carambola!
Doug (Michael Kelly) and Frank devise a plan by inviting Black Caucus leader Terry Womack (Curtiss Cook), and offering him the Majority Leader position once Rasmussen is House Speaker. - Chapter 4 (House of Cards)
She consults the Fairyland Council and they devise a plan to rid of Gertrude. - I Hate Fairyland
She also advises against May's intended plan to kill Andrew, believing they can still devise a cure for Terrigenesis before he becomes Lash permanently. - Watchdogs (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
He is itching to get back in the saddle so together they devise a plan involving the other housemate, Laura (Freya Ravensbergen), to clone Santiago's dead wife and thereby bring her back to life. - A Brand New You
They devise a plan to detach the engine from the passenger compartment. - Thodari
The men of the Chinese government's inner circle, knowing that they have reached parity with the declining United States, devise an ambitious plan to help their client state, and receive eager assistance from America's numerous enemies. - Twilight's Last Gleaming (novel)
Bitzer and Shaun devise a plan to get rid of the llamas, tricking the creatures into the caravan. - Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
The risky strategem is opposed by leaders of the other military branches, forcing MacArthur to devise a clandestine operation to gather essential information from within occupied Incheon by coordinating a weeklong South Korean intelligence operation known as X-Ray. - Operation Chromite (film)
Not wanting his grandchildren to fall into the hands of stepparents, Alex devise a plan for Wing-cheung and Nancy to reconcile. - A Family Affair (1984 film)
After the Ouija Board tells Chanel and her minions that Chanel is the killer, her minions find out and start to devise a plot to kill Chanel. - Beware of Young Girls
As Gold and Belle alert the others about Hook's challenge, they debate about whether they should leave the cuffs on Emma, and with Henry's distrust of Emma, they agree to leave her at the house with the cuffs, as they devise a plan to stop Hook. - Broken Heart (Once Upon a Time)
After Melissa comes out as transgender to her best friend Kelly, and in the process becoming known by her preferred name, the two devise a plan for Melissa to play Charlotte during the evening performance of Charlotte's Web. - George (novel)
Some parents tell boring and repetitive stories, but, with a bit of imagination, their offspring may devise more intricate tales of their parents' first encounter. - Sliding Bobs
Ayan and his friend, Akbar, devise a plan to escape The Bengal when it docks in London, but to do so, they murder one of their captors, The Cruel One. - Lascar (book)
Although it is likely that Christmas is ruined, the elves quickly devise a plan to link the train from Santa's village with tracks that travel all over the world so that Santa can deliver the toys by using the Christmas Express. - The Trolls and the Christmas Express
Sophie Rosenman (Sandy Dennis) needs money to save the family's bankrupt delicatessen; Annie Cavagnaro (Lisa Pelikan) needs money because she's pregnant, and Lizzie could use the funds to escape from Ed, so the three women devise an elaborate scheme to deliver the bribe money and then steal it back. - Perfect Gentlemen (film)
They devise a plan to kidnap Jayanthi in order to force Ramesh to return the gold. - Loham
She and Cara devise a very Odysseus-like plan to trick them out of the house: they're going to throw a huge party. - Classic Alice
However, she tells Treena, and together they devise ways that will help convince Will to abandon his death wish. - Me Before You
The Doctor tries to devise another plan. - The Girl Who Died
When the couple discover the unconscious child at their home, they devise a plan to keep her hidden, while Junko gradually leads the police to her. - Seance (film)
However, while they find Les Coker (Roger Sloman) and Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) to devise a plan, Dot phones the police and confesses to Nick's death. - EastEnders Live Week
Carter and Ross team up to devise a strategy to enter the vast THB mining enclosure and gather evidence. - Rhodesia (Killmaster novel)
Rusty instructs Jordon to come to an old warehouse in an hour; Jordon and the others devise a plan to ensure that Rusty Nail will not double cross them, as Rusty torments Jewel. - Joy Ride 3
When denied financial assistance by their parents, they devise an ingenious plan for revenge: Karen will seduce Alex's father Roy McDonald (John Gavin) and Alex will do the same with Karen's mother Celia Sayers (Patricia Gage). - Keep It in the Family (1973 film)
However, the group accidentally discovers zombie breath and blood are flammable, and they devise a zombie-powered engine. - Wyrmwood
Jeremiah and Crystal subsequently begin a dangerous love affair and devise a crazy plan that can make her human again. - Blood Ransom
They devise a plan to bring the families closer by acting as if they are in love. - Achan Rajavu Appan Jethavu
Percy and Carter are guarded about what they share, but devise a way to contact each other again if needed. - The Son of Sobek
Homer, Lenny and Carl devise a plan to get money for the bar by having a ladies' night there, as it will attract men to buy beer. - My Fare Lady
Trapped on the ocean floor, Fitz and Simmons send out a distress signal, and devise a controlled explosive to blow the windows open and escape. - Beginning of the End (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
After Marie visits them and confirms that mentally ill subjects cannot be granted witness protection, they devise a plan for Benjamin to go to Hanne and dictate the story, deliberately giving plot holes which she will most likely dechiper, and then using her grief for him in order to give him access to the witness protection program, and also spiking his hand with a nail to make the story seem truthful. - Who Am I (2014 film)
The kidnappers devise a plan to get the ransom money from the rich uncle (who is unaware his niece is dead) by having one of the nuns pose as the dead girl. - Weekend of Terror
Hoping to redeem themselves, Chako and Tino devise a plan to take advantage of Gandhi's own greed in order to get the painting back for Jeetu. - Bey Yaar
Evangelina discovers the secret courtship between Cecilia and Joaquin and begins to devise a plan to end the relationship. - Cadenas de amargura
Doakes almost discovers the truth about Dexter's past, which forces Dexter to devise a plan to get him suspended from the police force. - That Night, A Forest Grew
Sang-eun finds herself exiled to Korea, where she reluctantly teams up with Yeo-joon, who is focused on his career and equally uninterested in marriage, to devise a plan that will allow them to avoid their impending wedlock. - Creating Destiny
They devise a plan to close all but one vent, then raise the air temperature to force Sally to the last open vent so they can grab her. - BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
So, Hrolf hosts a meeting among the animals of the house to devise a plan to find a man for Robin. - With (novel)
Rosalie uses her time to devise a plan with David. - Johnny Kellock Died Today
Philip and Elizabeth devise a plan to kidnap Patterson. - Covert War
The dentist's aquarium fish devise elaborate plans which eventually allow them to flee their captivity. - Pixar universe
They also devise a plan to steal some new clothes. - Standing Up
Jocelyn and Janvier end up falling in love, and must devise a plan to escape Cristo Rey, where no future for the two of them seems possible. - Cristo Rey (film)
They devise a plan. - Flower Girl (film)
He decides that he will have to devise a test. - The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Now sympathetic to Rex, the trio agrees to work with him in the fake kidnapping, and all four devise a plan to outsmart the police and take the ransom money, utilizing untraceable phones, a basement garage to block out any tracking signal, and Kurt disguising himself as Bert. - Horrible Bosses 2
They devise a plan which involves putting the farmer to sleep again, returning him to the trailer on a pantomime horse (really the flock of sheep in an elaborate disguise), and hooking the trailer up to a bus returning to Mossy Bottom. - Shaun the Sheep Movie
Even though a professor falls in love with beautiful teacher, and so Pierino must devise numerous jokes to save the teacher. - Pierino contro tutti
The Wrights schedule a money drop with Witkowski, and then meet with Detective Halden and Khan separately to devise a plan. - Good People (film)
It is there they devise a contest to adduce the best horror story to kill the dullness of summer. - Haunted Summer
After a tense exchange, the Doctors devise an escape plan. - The Day of the Doctor
After being jilted by her only prospect (Boris Kodjoe) just as her younger sister, Sheree (Lauren London), becomes engaged, Montana and her friends (Adam Brody and Jill Scott) devise a plan to help her find a potential husband before Sheree's wedding. - Baggage Claim (film)
The three boys forgo their previous altercations and join together to devise an escape plan, introduced by Mong. - We Were Here (novel)
They devise various plans to con Sabbarwahl and strategically loot back the investor's money. - Bajatey Raho
When twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney begins seventh grade in Atascadero, California, his social studies teacher gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. - Pay It Forward (novel)
In jail, he meets Fong Yee (Tao-liang Tan), and together they devise an ingenious plan to escape. - The Flash Legs
The police devise a plan to capture the Redbox Killers by sending one of their own, Peterson, into the Monster Mash as "GangnamStein", an amalgam of Frankenstein's monster and "Gangnam Style" singer Psy. - A Nightmare on Face Time
They devise a travois to carry Fergie on the 300 mile trek to the coast. - Sky Giant
Wanting her sister to marry Will, Jane and the sheriff devise a plan to frighten Merritt out of town, telling him a lynch party is after him. - Shooting High
They are separated by a high wall so that they never see each other and have to devise ingenious ways for communicating. - Mathilukal (film)
He and his team devise a sensationalist and patriotic newscast. - Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Roger asks Peggy to devise a new Mohawk Airlines campaign over the weekend, in an attempt to cover for the fact that he had neglected to put the creative team on that task a week earlier. - Mystery Date (Mad Men)
They hastily devise a plan to trek to the far reaches of the Himalayas in pursuit of this goal. - M Cream
Hiram Berry (Jeff Goldblum) and Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) attempt to devise a last-minute scheme to derail the wedding. - On My Way (Glee)
They, along with the society's Elder, devise a plan to free Patema. - Patema Inverted
And because of this they devise a plan of how to tell the King about Santol. - Princess and I
They devise a plan to hold up the bank car bringing Don Carlos' share of the investment the following day and frame Gene for the crime. - Down Mexico Way
The rest of the Kikoriki, as well as Berry, devise a plan with Gusen, the actor who portrays dr Caligari, to break Chiko out of prison. - Kikoriki. Team Invincible
The mermaids must devise a way to defeat the dragon before it destroys all the pod has worked to save. - Mako: Island of Secrets
The fugitives devise a plan to free themselves. - Dessa Rose
As the public reacts to this announcement, the school administrators, worried that they will be fired when their plan is exposed by Eavesdropper, devise to distract the public with an even bigger story, that of a student's suicide. - Bass to Mouth
Her only thought is of leaving him, but after trying to escape once, she realizes that being Warwick’s wife can provide her with the protection she needs to devise a plan to clear her father’s name. - Ondine (novel)
Raunak then manages to devise a system for mixing songs, in which he watches an oscilloscope trace while resting his feet on the pulsating speakers. - Soundtrack (film)
However having Zato Ichi, a wanted criminal, in the village would not work in their favor so they devise a plan to dispose of him. - Zatoichi: The Last
Nevertheless, they devise a plan to exploit a weakness of the potion: when the potion has not been fully drunk up before the first ring of the bell at midnight, the potion won't reverse the meaning of the wishes - as expected by the two sorcerers - but instead grants them as wished. - The Night of Wishes
Due to a fortunate meeting of chance with his father, Ebina Namidabutsu, and his horse-seller friend, Bakurourokurouzaemon, Sarugenji is able to devise a plan to pose as the samurai "Utsunomiya" in order to enter the pleasure quarter and woo Hotarubi. - Iwashi Uri Koi Hikiami
So he and Rowley devise various moneymaking ideas, which all backfire or fail. - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
As Jimmy continues trying to get Bob's Burgers close, the Belchers devise methods of obtaining the rent money, with Bob and Linda taking suggestions from the kids. - Burger Wars (Bob's Burgers)
The ruling technocrats, led by Francis Delvil, begin to devise biological weapons to combat the monsters. - Berge Meere und Giganten
Leslie and Ann devise numerous boring conversation topics for the trip to prevent it from becoming romantic. - Road Trip (Parks and Recreation)
Jeff and Troy devise separate plans to defeat the troopers. - For a Few Paintballs More
Later, Annie and Shirley devise a plan to prank Chang in revenge. - Communication Studies (Community)
Hayley rejects Snot, leaving him depressed, so Steve and Roger devise a plan to cheer him up. - Jenny Fromdabloc
The attending surgeons devise a treatment plan, led by trauma surgeon Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd). - Song Beneath the Song
After explaining Steven's actions, Carly and Tori devise a plan to humiliate Steven for revenge. - IParty with Victorious
Three army Privates (Frank Randle, Robbie Vincent and Dan Young) and their Sergeant (Harry Korris) devise a scheme to help Private Trevor (John Singer) woo the Commanding Officer's daughter (Jean Rivers). - Somewhere in Camp
Yet they gradually realize the beings are speaking to each other, and they devise a hearing tube with the clippings of their fingernails in order to hear the tiny voices. - Micromégas
Goten, Trunks, and Videl devise a plan to bait the supposed monster. - Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming
He then started to devise a plan involving Richard, instead of Henrietta, to travel with him through the cupboards in a search for his birth parents. - Dandelion Fire
Together, the agents devise a plan to activate the weapon, blowing a hole in the Bus. - 0-8-4
So with his friend and cohort Malt, Rocksy eyes a fancy sports car nearby and together they devise a plot to steal it to sell for parts. - Kingston Paradise
The two devise a plan to sell the second copy to Scudder, and the following day Peters disguises himself as a professor and sets up a meeting with the millionaire. - Conscience in Art
Hürrem is furious once she is informed that Hatice and Ibrahim will not divorce, and quickly begins to devise another plan. - Muhteşem Yüzyıl
The group devise a plan to rob the Russian train in the sliest way possible. - Players (film)
Yet the Pure Ones do not give up, the Guardians devise a clever tactic: destroying the war forge below the palace would rock the foundations of the palace and thus destroy it. - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (video game)
Mehmet, Umay’s older brother (Tamer Yigit), and Kader devise a plan to kidnap young Cem and take him back to his father in Istanbul. - When We Leave
Hagen is safely brought back to the USA and placed in cryogenic preservation until the government can devise a way to get the information out of him. - Project X (1968 film)
At Travis's suggestion, he and Dwayne devise a plot to kidnap a complete stranger and strap a remote-controlled bomb to his chest. - 30 Minutes or Less
Vivien begs her husband to intercede on Martin's behalf, promising to remain faithful in the future if he can devise a way to save Martin from the gallows without incriminating himself. - Dear Murderer
They devise a plan to get Willie Nelson from Janet in order to get him to leave. - Our Idiot Brother
Exasperated, Brant and Nash devise a plot to trick Weiss, knowing that Weiss will want to take revenge on Brant for the billiard hall fight. - Blitz (film)
Connors is being pressed by his superior, dr Ratha, to devise a cure for the dying (but unseen) head of Oscorp, Norman Osborn. - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
They devise a plot to lure Chantecler to the weekly soirée held by the fashionable Guinea Hen, where they will also invite a famous game cock to assassinate Chantecler. - Chantecler (play)
Chosen to head one of the intramural teams, Amanda distinguishes herself by leading her group to victory in their first assignment, to devise an electronic means to block bad memories. - STAR Academy (novel)
st Julian & Monica, now a couple devise a plan by stealing $400,000 from Simon by making it look like a robbery, While holding onto the money, st Julian meets Monica at a motel, they celebrate by drinking champagne and throwing the money in the air & making love. - Out-of-Sync
The boys' families devise a plan to teach them a lesson after they fight, but it is a wounded puppy that eventually brings them together. - Christmas in Canaan
Temporarily unable to obtain current figures for their upcoming business report, Art Lewis and others in the insurance department of Equity Funding devise a plan to forge figures totaling the company's expected performance for that year. - The Billion Dollar Bubble
After Brenda attacks Karen and turns the lights back on, Christie surrenders herself to Lacey and both victims are forced back to the basement where they devise another plan to escape by wetting the fusebox. - Scream for Help
This is all scheduled to happen in a few years, and the exact minute and hour of the Sun's increase in radiance does not give the human race much time to devise a way of navigating space to an orbit as far away as Mars. - One in Three Hundred
The group sneaks back to Wirrawee, and devise a plan to blow up Heron Bridge. - Tomorrow, When the War Began (film)
The boys devise a plan to rid the town of the bikers. - The F Word (South Park)
They then devise the plan for Chola invasion of Tanjore and Senthalai. - Mohana Silai
and Myrtle devise a scheme where Myrtle and Bevil Jr. - The Conscious Lovers
Colonel Erwin von Lahousen, in his deposition at the Nuremberg Trials on February 1, 1946 (Warnreise Testimony 1330-1430), said that Hitler had ordered the Reichssicherheitshauptamt to devise a plot to punish the Italian people by kidnapping or murdering Pius XII and the King of Italy. - Alleged plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII
When Gwen and Rhys return to the hospital, more cases of people collapsing are occurring, and after regrouping with Ianto and Stella; they devise a way to combat the problem. - The Dead Line
The women hide the airmen and devise a plan for the men to escape during a concert. - Two Thousand Women
After not being able to devise a new costume, Black Widow convinces Bucky to don the flag and shield and "go out for one last hurrah". - Captain America: Reborn
Meanwhile, Samantha has been approached by an Arab sheikh to devise a PR campaign for his business. - Sex and the City 2
Together they devise a plan to kidnap a stranger to sleep with Lucrezia and draw out the poison. - The Mandrake Root
Pike and Tyree devise a plan to escape by using explosives to blow up the mine shaft behind them, killing all their pursuers except for Kiefer, who decides to forgo his bounty and let the men continue their quest to reach the ranch. - Take a Hard Ride
He is aware of a few overlooked exits from the ghetto and uses this knowledge to help Irena and others involved with the underground organization Żegota plan their strategies and devise routes to smuggle the children, some in boxes hidden under bricks on wheelbarrows, others through sewer systems, and still others brazenly escorted through the front door of the city hall hand-in-hand with their savior. - The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Isabella of Orleans has offered them protection as they pursue their mission, but they quickly realize that Isabella’s offer is more like imprisonment than protection, and they devise a plan to escape and continue their quest to locate the Gates of Hell. - Blue Bloods (novel series)
Kittu and Pinky don't really like their uncle and their cousins living with them, and constantly devise plans to get rid of them. - Ruby Duby Hub Dub
They devise a plan to get in to the court by wooing the Governor's daughter, Princess Li Wei (Desiree Siahaan) with whom he is immediately attracted to. - Son of the Dragon (film)
Joyce suggests that Lou would never leave town with her, but they devise a plot to extort $10,000 from the Conways. - The Killer Inside Me (2010 film)
Feeling that they are facing injustice, Macon and his wife, Chris, devise an elaborate escape plan. - Eddie Macon's Run
After this incident no boy will marry Reet so, Reet's father and her ne'er-do-well brother, Jaile (Binnu Dhillon), devise a plan to figure out if he Roop really loves Reet: Her father will give his consent if Roop can find a British bride for Jaile, which will prove that Roop is ready to do anything for Reet. - Munde U.K. De
To find their suspect, they devise a plan whereby they will stage an attack on each man's wife. - Hulchul (1971 film)
Following their adventures they take Dikky (Rajendranath) and Rosey (Kumkum) under their wingWhen there two attempts to kill Diwan are ruined, they devise a plan to kill Diwan in his own palace. - Dharti
Later, he starts to devise a plan that will take him and the people around him on one last glorious ride. - The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (novel)
Michael Scofield and the team race against time trying to devise a plan to steal Scylla, as the Company will move Scylla to an unknown location on that same day. - Quiet Riot (Prison Break)
They escape and devise a plan to attack the Underworld. - Underfist: Halloween Bash
They devise a scheme to play hooky from school and go fishing. - Three Smart Guys
The teens devise a plan to escape, with Johnson proclaiming himself leader. - Flu Bird Horror
Tom and his pals learn of another possibility and devise a plan to steal a fenced case of government issued marijuana, return it to the FBI and use the reward money to finance their movie. - High Hopes (2006 film)
Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Porky, and Spike in need of money to purchase baseball equipment, devise a scheme: they will have all their teeth pulled out, which they calculate will earn them one dime per tooth from the tooth fairy. - The Awful Tooth
They work together to devise a scheme to persuadeJ. - Pot o' Gold (film)
Grog and Eva devise an ingenious plan to get the chimps to the island of st Hilaire near Madagascar where Eva and Sniff lead the others in an escape. - Eva (novel)
To cover the issue Nair with the help of his brother in law Prabhakaran, devise a plan to put the responsibility over their driver's shoulder. - Vellanakalude Nadu
However, when Django's mercenary friends itch for some female companionship, she softens and the two devise a plan to liberate the inmates of a local women's prison. - The Big Bird Cage
In the ritzy living room, Cookie and Billie devise a plan for Billie to distract Jimmy from the 400 cases of gin in his cellar. - Nice Work If You Can Get It (musical)
Maria is held captive and abused by Sebastian's boss, an hacendado, at which point Sebastian and his fellow workmen devise revenge. - ¡Que viva México!
This initiates a nationwide contest amongst schools to devise better environmental ways, and the prize is to visit the Antarctic to find Ivan. - Ivan's Appeal
He recalls that his father had mentioned that he, Michael, should be king, if and when his brother died; thus, he begins to devise a plan to cause Rudolph's death. - Prisoner of Zenda (1988 film)
Both captains finally devise a race from New Orleans Minneapolis to settle the matter: Whoever wins the race remains sole operator of steamboats on the Mississippi. - En remontant le Mississippi
The boys decide they need to help Britney and devise a plan to take her to the North Pole by train to escape from it all. - Britney's New Look
But not for long… the fast, efficient filmmakers devise a plan to finish their flick… and there will be blood. - Lights Camera Dead
They devise a plan to find out the origin of the energy spikes, excluding Owen from the task. - A Day in the Death
The following night the narrator asks EPICAC to devise a marriage proposal poem for Pat. - EPICAC (short story)
Jimmy McNulty, Lester Freamon, and Leander Sydnor devise a plan to get Baltimore Sun reporter Scott Templeton to take a phone call from the faux homeless serial killer. - Took (The Wire)
The boys devise a plan to obtain the prison cell keys from Barker's coat. - Out West (1947 film)
When Tong eventually meets her, he and his mother, Sunee, devise to a plan to hire June to pretend she is Tang, in hopes that it will pull Korn out of his alcoholic depression. - Love of Siam
Artemis, Qwan, №1, and Holly devise a plan to use Holly's wings to carry Artemis, Holly, and №1 to the next building over, where Artemis can defuse the bomb. - Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
They devise a plan to give Miss A what she wants: answers to her question about what to do with her inheritance. - The Shawl
Jim begins to devise a plan, to meet in the southwest corner of the prison yard when it’s dark out, to attempt their escape together. - Not About Nightingales
Sweeney, Jenkins and Mahler devise a plan to move through the building and gather all the uninfected staff to barricade themselves in the staffroom on the other end of the facility while the guards venture out to kill all infected. - Dead Men Walking (film)
They are soon forced to devise a plan to defeat the wraiths; they set up a raft with a pile of wood and hay on it and wait for the moon to come. - Wraiths of Roanoke
The newlyweds devise more and more cunning schemes to undermine each other, such as Jack telling Joy that their counseling session is canceled to prove she's not committed, and Joy inviting girls to their apartment to try to get Jack to cheat on her, throwing a party where Jack's friend Dave shows up. - What Happens in Vegas
But, to make the decision, he needs to devise a plan. - Ben X
Rock swears to Sapphire that he will help her reclaim her kingdom and together with the other passengers, they devise a way to stop the sinister Sharaku. - Undersea Super Train: Marine Express
Kumar and the Thakur devise a two phase plan to finish Neola. - Bandh Darwaza
She and Lilly devise a plan to make the Jonas Brothers lose respect for Robby as a songwriter. - Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas
Desperate to earn money, they devise up a plan. - Dhamaal
The two have feelings for each other, and the next day, they devise a plan to open a brothel, so he could repay for her services. - Kinky Business
A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary. - Escape from Hell (1980 film)
Traditionally, marauding dragons are soothed only by a virgin sacrifice so the frightened people of Acadia devise a lottery system to choose the victims, while they await a Champion. - One Good Knight
Meanwhile, Will, the Bedullins, and the Arridi devise a plan: 50 or so men will mingle with the townsmen before the execution while Will and Aloom, the Arridi captain will go up one of the watchtowers and shoot the executioner. - Erak's Ransom
The "Not quite a crossover" short story, previewing the unfinished Blackball #3, involves mr Monster detonating a nuclear devise and nearly burying Trencher, mr Monster assumes that nothing could have survived the blast (though he had no idea that Trencher was near the explosion), and leaves as Trencher is seen covered in debris with a rather disgruntled expression. - Trencher (comics)
More importantly, so will" Kelly and Flash work with the students to devise a plan to save the school. - St Trinian's (film)
Once Fang Shi-yu joins his Rebel brothers, they devise a plan to tunnel into the underground prison and rescue Hung Si-kuan. - Heroes Two
Murukesh and his partner (Jaiganesh) devise a plan to kill Kalaiyan by tricking him into believing that he was going to marry him to Suman. - Athisaya Piravi
Meanwhile, the Solutions Backwards Initiative - a group of students, professors, and computer experts - devise a successful means with which to send information back through time using quantum mechanics in order to prevent the dystopian future (and eventual apocalypse) they live in from ever occurring. - Year Zero (game)
Rumours around the court of his inappropriateness provoke him to devise a plan; to offer his daughter for marriage, and yet make the success of any suitor impossible. - Les Deux Amants
When questioned about the lack of British air support for the Prussians, Laurence discovers that Britain had no dragons to spare: a flu-like epidemic has infected the greater part of them, and British science has yet to devise a cure. - Empire of Ivory
Ferris returns to Hoffman in Washington, and they devise a new plan to find Al-Saleem. - Body of Lies (film)
They eventually devise a plan to escape the Demonocles' clutches using Rumo's newfound speed, cunning, and incredible ability to fight. - Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures
Price and nurse Ruth hide in the basement, and devise a trap to electrocute the beast with some frayed electrical cord. - Nightbeast
Bobby tells Mike that Derry is flirting with him, and they devise a plan to have Diana catch Derry in a compromising position. - Little Sister (1992 film)
They are initially unable to devise such a plan – but one night, Harvey sees an actor at a London theatre, putting on a convincing impression of General Bernard Montgomery. - I Was Monty's Double (film)
Ted, assisted by Father Beeching and Father Clarke, has to devise a way of rescuing Dougal from an untimely end. - Speed 3
The JLA escape and devise a plan to stop the Weatherman, leaving Tori behind. - Justice League of America (1997 film)
With Alkar showing no remorse for his actions, Picard and dr Crusher devise a means to rescue Troi. - Man of the People (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Cleostrata and her servants then devise one scheme after another to keep Lysidamus from collecting his prize. - Casina (play)
After his parents have decided to strengthen their ground by refusing to dote on their child any longer, an infuriated Jeremy, recalling the upcoming Christmas season, decides to devise a humongously lengthy and demanding wish list consisting of all the presents that he has yet to own. - The Town Santa Forgot
As the Deedles are walking down the highway attempting to hitch-hike, the big picture dawns on Phil and they devise a plan to get back into Yellowstone in order to stop Slater once-and-for-all. - Meet the Deedles
Due to the crowd, he has to devise an alternative plan to kill Haywire. - Chicago (Prison Break)
Tuvok and Seven undergo questioning and torture by the Hirogen, and the Voyager crew attempt to devise a way to rescue their comrades. - Hunters (Star Trek: Voyager)
He tries to persuade the others to leave but instead they devise a plan to catch Getz. - The Thief Lord (film)
Kyle and the girls devise a scheme in which Kyle pretends to be an ex-gay who is dating Tiffani, to overcome Troy's inhibitions and get him to sleep with the both of them. - Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
In the last chapter Craig and Sheila realize that the Purple Monster is using Professor Layton's body; they devise a plan to uncover the truth. - The Purple Monster Strikes
A thief, Reese Halperin, and his accomplice, computer expert Norman Barrie, devise a scheme to break into a Vancouver bank. - A Man, a Woman, and a Bank
With the ongoing destruction now a crisis due to a drought, Badger and Fox call an assembly, which all of the wood's inhabitants attend in the hope they can devise a solution. - The Animals of Farthing Wood (book)
Judkins and the Morton family finally devise a means to make everyone happy: January returns to the Mortons, and Judkins is employed on the family's yacht, ensuring that he will always be able to visit his former daughter. - Captain January (1924 film)
Together, Canute, Thorkell, and Askeladd devise a plot to assassinate the king and seize the crown. - Vinland Saga (manga)
After this, Suzy and Neville devise a plan to sneak into the mansion and find out where mr Accousticus puts away all of his stolen voices. - Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays
The third is a suspenseful crime caper involving a coupon checker (Dennis Price) and his nightclub singer girlfriend (Greta Gynt in a send-up of Rita Hayworth's Gilda) who devise a scheme to embezzle the winning pot. - Easy Money (1948 film)
Using a laboratory set-up Thorne has, Westlake is finally able to devise a small amount of permanent liquid skin, which does not break down in sunlight as his other samples have. - Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
Neelix being the resourceful person he is, begins to devise a plan for the colony to defend themselves. - Homestead (Star Trek: Voyager)
When they were allowed to play outdoors again, the "Egyptians" devise an oracle, connected to Thoth, and are unnerved by some of its answers. - The Egypt Game
With the Self Defense Force unable to attack the monster and unable to devise a way of saving the boy, Goro suggests that they use a helicopter to fly near Agon and drop down into the boat from a rope ladder to save Monta. - Giant Phantom Monster Agon
In the hotel, the criminals devise a plan to get into the room housing Han's mistress, posing as Japanese tourists. - Millionaires Express
They devise a stimulus based on those techniques which should lead to imaginary numbers in the result of the squid equations. - The Imaginary (short story)
Voyager begins a running battle with many Krenim ships over a period of two months, suffering heavy damages and casualties; during one attack, Seven of Nine uses an unexploded Krenim chroniton torpedo to devise a method of successfully shielding Voyager against the weapons, however the weapon partially explodes, blinding and severely burning Tuvok. - Year of Hell
but to slay him, Mowgli must devise a plan to trap him and his bumbling majordomo Tabaqui in the ravine using the buffalo herds. - Adventures of Mowgli
Trying to devise a way to bribe him, the landlord and his wife suggest her sister Natasha. - The Lower Depths (1936 film)
Because it was out of the way, its governor managed to shut down the mat-trans system before Pardal was infected by the bio-weapon when the first warnings went out across the hypercoms, and also to devise with her chief engineer an extremely effective quarantine system. - Heirs of Empire
In order to save the dragons of the future, Wind Blossom and Tieran devise a plan to educate someone from the future in genetics and the scientific knowledge to isolate the disease and devise a cure. - Dragonsblood
Loew meanwhile begins to devise a way of defending the Jews. - The Golem: How He Came into the World
Sphinx and Imhotep devise a plan to use the Mummy/Tutenkhamen's immortality to their benefit; a single Canopic Vase is able to bring him to life for a short while, but he still remains practically dead allowing him to safely venture the trap-riddled Castle of Uruk, as nobody has ever done before. - Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
The Companions journey through a secret passage underground to Pax Tharkas and devise a plan to free the slaves. - Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
They devise a plan, along with her husband, Lord Nicholas Dorset, to steal £300,000 from the bank. - Perfect Friday
Rosh refuses to help free him, so Daniel and his small band devise a plan to free him themselves. - The Bronze Bow
Next, the boys devise an ironic solution: a few trailer burglaries to raise the money to hire lawyer Ron Lake, Lennie's oily, turquoise-laden, ex-con grandfather, to take their case. - Poor White Trash
Sisko and the others start to devise a plan to bring up the ship's engines to a point where they would be able to pilot the ship out, when they notice a liquid dripping from the inverted floor. - The Ship (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Now that the Dwarfers have the run of the ship, Kryten and Kochanski devise a plan which involves entering a mirror universe where everything is opposite; negative becomes positive and a virus becomes an antidote. - Only the Good...
Andy and Dave, fishing enthusiasts, devise a unique method of catching fish using explosives. - The Loaded Dog
To rescue the castle, Alyss, Horace and Will devise a plan. - Ranger's Apprentice
After telling her story, the group devise a plan to free the others from the compound and to put a stop to Ty Winsloe and his associates. - Stolen (Armstrong novel)
After returning from suicide watch, Frances and the other inmates devise a plan to get back at Dease with the help from Michael and Aisha, who is fed up with Dease for beating her. - Civil Brand
Veronica and Sal devise a second plan to trick Mike Brady into informing the public that a world-ending asteroid is about to hit Earth. - The Brady Bunch in the White House
He finds the tribe dispirited, because of the actions of the trappers, and he begins to devise a strategy to overpower the trappers' stronghold, convincing the Indians to take direct action. - The Return of a Man Called Horse
Harry must continually deal with changing prisoner loyalties, no secure place to actually bed down, devise a plan to escape and deal with Paris' mental affliction. - The Chute
They balk when Tim and Hotte propose breaking into the police headquarters and destroying the evidence, but Terror's counter-suggestion that they should turn themselves in is met with even stronger disagreement, and finally the former radicals devise the plan of infiltrating the headquarters by pretending to be a television news crew. - What to Do in Case of Fire?
They devise a plan how to do in the Gas Man without harming Fujichiyo. - The Human Vapor
Aside from these factors, Sheila is enlisted in swimming lessons (to her chagrin) and single-handedly starts a camp newspaper (ending with resignation after having forgotten to devise a reward for the winners of her camp crossword puzzle), even painting the backdrop of the camp's production of Peter Pan (in which Libby plays Captain Hook, to her misery). - Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
When Nigel brings Miranda home to the Marshwood estate to meet his family, Lady Marshwood's (Julie Andrews) maid Moxie (Sophie Thompson) reveals that Miranda is her sister; they devise a charade so that Moxie may meet her sister as an equal. - Relative Values (film)
Robin eventually ends up in the institution, but her friends devise a ruse to break her free. - Three for the Road
Together, they devise a plan to intoxicate the extremist group members with pancakes laced with the very drugs Double D overdosed on. - The Anarchist Cookbook (film)
The man sets out for Ghalib's house on a Tuesday, wanders into a wine shop, and emerges on Thursday, leaving Ghalib very little time to devise any very effective plan to rescue Chaudhvin from this unwanted marriage. - Mirza Ghalib (film)
The Companions journey through a secret passage underground to Pax Tharkas and devise a plan to free the slaves. - Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Later, Richard and Charlie devise a communication system involving a baby monitor and morse-code sounding of Charlie's vehicle's horn, heard through an open window, to instruct Richard as to which type of objection to use. - Trial and Error (1997 film)
Working together, the four friends devise a plan: Richard and Beth will pose as the Harcourts; the real Harcourts will play the servants because they are familiar with the layout of their house. - All Night (film)
The plot revolves around a clique of four girls who devise a plan to weaken the boys at their school with arsenic. - Lick the Star
Two honest and bold police officers Adhi Narayanan, (Kamal Hassan) and Abbas (Arjun Sarja) devise a masterful plan to bring a terrorist group in control, and send two secret vigilance officers, named Anand and Shiva on an operation called Operation "Dhanush". - Kuruthipunal (film)
The party then journeys to an aboleth-filled lake to find this ship, and Quenthel Baenre and Pharaun both devise schemes to get rid of the other. - Extinction (Forgotten Realms novel)
So Bree talks to him and the two agree to devise a plan for making Andrew stayWhen his grandparents are loading up Andrew's belongings, Bree brings an open box and puts it in Henry's view. - Don't Look at Me (Desperate Housewives)
La Forge and Brahms put aside their differences and devise a solution: to alter the frequency of energy as to "sour the milk", which causes the infant to leave the ship and join the other creatures. - Galaxy's Child
The boys devise a clever scheme to avoid Miss Monroe's hawkish maid and Roy slips in the question, to which Marilyn refuses a date. - Calendar Girl (1993 film)
Tripp's parents and friends devise a plan to reconcile the two lovers. - Failure to Launch
The team gathers in Simon's house and they set out to devise a cunning plan to retrieve the tape from the bank. - The Parole Officer
The crews devise a desperate escape plan: Move everyone into one ship and eject the other toward the black hole, thus gaining enough of a boost to escape. - Gateway (novel)
The publicity eventually dies down, and Charlotte requests the barn animals to devise a new word to spin within her web. - Charlotte's Web (1973 film)
Dan meets with Molly and the two devise a plan to get Lee back into college. - A Yank at Oxford
For these people, the mixer is a huge flop, with the girls retiring to the lavatory to devise a way to escape their pursuers and the aging reservists arguing with each other over expenses (one points out that "you can only get it [sex] free at home") and speculating on the necessity of going to the woods in order to consummate their romantic plans ("Imagine, in this weather. - Loves of a Blonde
Albert, a representative for the diaper company, works with Jamie's parents to devise ways to keep the quints popular. - Quints
Therefore, they devise a plan to assassinate the malevolent ruler. - Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
The girl, illiterate but hungry for knowledge, and the boys, vowing to transform her, devise a plan to steal a suitcase filled with banned translated Western novels from Four-Eyes (Wang Hongwei), another boy undergoing re-education in the village but bound to return to the city. - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (film)
Only a small group of remaining humans have the medical knowledge to devise antibodies to reverse the effects of the virus. - Invasion (miniseries)
Using the information from the real Nick’s prison cell stories, Rudy is able to devise a robbery plan and informs Gabriel that the biggest loot is hidden inside a safe in the manager’s office (the "PowWow" safe). - Reindeer Games
While SG-1 waits for the right time to detonate the bomb, they must devise a plan to get off the ship. - Nemesis (Stargate SG-1)
Transome remains silent during the election, yet Jermyn tries to devise a plan to save himself from future prosecution. - Felix Holt, the Radical
The programme's central character was originally to have been named "Sam Williams", but Kudos felt this not to be striking enough and requested Graham devise an alternative surname. - Life on Mars (UK TV series)
The boys build a containment center with which to study the device, and devise a plan to steal it. - Marjorine
The crew stealthily work to devise a plan to break free of their captors. - Starship Mine
Together they devise a plan: Henry will go in one of the canteen's freezers until the temperature is the same as winter in 1916, then look at the Time Twister and be transported back; Charlie will keep checking that he's still breathing. - Children of the Red King
Using their wit, perseverance, and fearlessness, Steve and Wardell devise a plan to get the ticket using the help of both gangsters, in the hopes that it will pay off for them. - Uptown Saturday Night
Phanan and Kell devise an elaborate plot to bait Repness and expose him. - Iron Fist (novel)
The next day, Tom, Diane and others devise a plan to trap Dinocroc in a tunnel and gas him to death. - Dinocroc
Thor then beams O'Neill into a stasis pod, hoping to harness the Ancient knowledge in his mind to devise a means of defeating the replicators. - New Order (Stargate SG-1)
Angier is forced to devise a way to conceal the original to preserve the illusion. - The Prestige
A race of werewolves, the Wereloks, turn the Fourth Doctor into a werewolf in the Doctor Who Weekly comic strip story Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom (DWW #27-#34), although he manages to devise a cure for his condition in the TARDIS. - Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)
Eventually, the two devise a hula based on the legend of Hi'iaka. - Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
The remaining people of the town devise a plot. - Critters 2: The Main Course
Together, they devise various schemes to cause destruction, but Kikaider 01 stops them all. - Kikaider 01
Concluding that Hank is likely at the embassy, but that the embassy is sovereign and, thus, exempt from an investigation, the McKennas devise a scheme to secure an invitation from the grateful Prime Minister. - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
Meanwhile, the remaining brothers devise a plan to buy Victor Sweet off with the $400,000 from their mother's life insurance. - Four Brothers (film)
Janeway from the undamaged ship asks her counterpart to delay the start of the self-destruct by 15 minutes to devise another option, and returns to her ship via the rift. - Deadlock (Star Trek: Voyager)
As the planning continues, the humans devise a final assault on the central location where Skynet is being housed. - RoboCop Versus The Terminator (comics)
After the four women in cellblock 9 again are forging among themselves, they devise a plan to contact their contacts in the capital. - Women in Cellblock 9
They devise a plan to lead the zombies to a power plant and electrocute them all, using a trail of frozen brains. - Return of the Living Dead Part II
Frankie then manages to devise a system for mixing songs, in which he watches an oscilloscope trace while resting his feet on the pulsating speakers, a callback to an earlier claim he made in the film about flip flops. - It's All Gone Pete Tong
He offers to help, but since he cannot actually do kung fu, he and the foreman's assistant, Ah Chao, devise a plan to trick the Manchu into reinstating the full salary pay, with Jen-chieh posing as the Shaolin's head abbot, San Te. - Return to the 36th Chamber
When bankruptcy threatens one summer, he and his partner abandon the shop, devise a singing act ("the Desert Dervishes"), and resolve to try their fortunes in English sea resorts. - The War in the Air
They devise a plan to "lose" a trunk of weapons to the Rebels; when the Rebels tried to use said weapons, the guns malfunctioned and "exploded" in their faces, stunning many Rebels. - Original Gangstas
Tired of being outsmarted by Mr Fox, the evil farmers devise a plan to ambush him as he leaves his burrow, but they succeed only in shooting off his tail. - Fantastic Mr Fox
Because of this the Hardy boys believe that the cars are still in the area, but well hidden, so they devise a plan to trap the car thieves. - The Shore Road Mystery
They devise a method to counter the emissions and close the rift, but they need a way to trace the emissions to the source. - Schisms (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
The four devise and rehearse an ingenious plan to break into the store and disarm its sophisticated alarm system. - Rififi
and gives Doctor Schenker the technical specifications she recovered from the Antarctic facility so that Doctor Schenker can devise how to stop the Super-Soldiers. - No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
Their antics are backed up by the inventions of Nanvel Candlestick, the exotic team engineer whose job is to devise and implement special combat and surveillance hardware for the team's use. - Burn-Up Excess
They devise a plan so that Morgan, Par, Coll, Padishar, and some of the other outlaws venture into the Pit, where the Sword of Shannara was last seen. - The Scions of Shannara
Luciano agrees to the terms and they devise a plan to kill Dutch. - Hoodlum (film)
His words have no impact on Zentos, who orders their execution, but the ailing Commander intervenes to protect the three travellers and permit them access to medical equipment to devise a cure to the cold. - The Ark (Doctor Who)
Data and LaForge devise a way of putting photon torpedoes in phase with the alien habitat, and therefore avoiding the amplification of the time shift effect, whilst Riker decides to attempt to rescue Picard. - Time's Arrow (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
They devise a plan to lure the Tall Man into a local deserted mine shaft and trap him inside. - Phantasm (film)
After a series of skirmishes against Troy, fighting alongside Ajax and Odysseus, they devise the plan involving the Trojan Horse, and swiftly win the war. - Age of Mythology
One by one, the bear kidnaps the Squirts and Shlomo continues to devise plans that ultimately fail. - Jewbilee
They meet up with Barbara and the Menoptra and devise a plan to attack the Carsinome. - The Web Planet
NASA and the crew devise a plan to use the payload-assist rockets to push the satellite out of orbit and into deep space. - Space Cowboys
Asterix, Obelix and Getafix devise a scheme in which many Goths are given magic potion, so that they spend time and energy fighting each other for chieftainship instead of invading Gaul and Rome, making Rhetoric play a part in it. - Asterix and the Goths
Picard and Riker devise a risky plan, where the Enterprise fires photon torpedoes at the Hathaway, with the Hathaway using their short warp burst to jump to safety an instant before the torpedoes detonate. - Peak Performance (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Gregg, O'Hara, and Jill devise a plan to get Joe out of California using a moving van, then a cargo ship. - Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Some of the pre-filled rooms on this level include a museum, an arena, and grand cavern, but many of the caves on this level include no description at all and the DM must devise his own contents for these areas. - In Search of the Unknown
Kirie and Shuichi devise a plan to escape Kurôzu-cho, but when they attempt to escape, their efforts are unsuccessful. - Uzumaki
The Yooks then devise the "Utterly Sputter": a large blue vehicle intended "to sprinkle blue goo all over the Zooks". - The Butter Battle Book
They devise an elaborate ruse to reroute the train, temporarily changing railway station signage to make it appear to the German escort as if they are heading to Germany when they have actually turned back toward Paris. - The Train (1964 film)
Meanwhile, aboard Enterprise, Commander T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) and Ensign Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery) devise a surveillance grid that will require the coordinated effort of 128 space ships. - United (Star Trek: Enterprise)
Knowing the Picard Maneuver is coming, Riker asks Data to devise a counter. - The Battle (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
La Forge, Crusher, and Ro devise a plan to separate the possessive entities from the crew members' bodies by inducing pain, then containing them by flooding the area with a particle field. - Power Play (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Spock and Scott devise a dangerous plan to manually cut the matter-antimatter fuel flow to the warp engines. - That Which Survives
Father Mouse and the Trundle Family devise a plan to appease Santa by building a singing clock tower for him, built with a special recording to play a song to coax him not to bypass Junctionville on Christmas Eve. - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special)
Jealous of Belle's rich life at the castle, Adelaide and Felicie steal her golden key and devise a plan to turn Ludovic and Avenant against the Beast. - Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
They also devise a method of disposing of the earth coming out of the tunnel. - The Wooden Horse
From here onwards, Dat set aside his irrelevant plans to dump his companions and sought to devise a plan to entrap and to subsequently arrest Jimmy. - Okinawa Rendez-vous
The frustrated English devise another way to have Joan executed by the church. - The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
That night, the servants and Elaine devise a plan in which the servants get Lancelot drunk and trick him into thinking Guinevere is in the house. - The Ill-Made Knight
In the process, the two devise a plan for Bobby to escape the King once and for all. - Radio Flyer (film)
When Addie subsequently discovers that Moze has spent their money on a brand-new car to impress Miss Trixie, she and Imogene devise a plan: they convince a clerk at the hotel the group are staying at to pay a visit to Trixie, subsequently Addie sends Moze up to Trixie's room where he discovers the clerk and Trixie having sex; whereupon Moze leaves Miss Trixie and Imogene behind, while Addie leaves Imogene enough money to pay for her own passage home. - Paper Moon (film)
Back on Earth again, Nicky and his friends devise a plan to capture Adrian in a subway station, but Adrian discovers their trick. - Little Nicky
Meanwhile, Phil and the boarders try to devise a backup in case Arnold fails. - Hey Arnold!: The Movie
Politicians meet in a hotel room to devise a campaign platform, and when they ask the chambermaid what she cares about, she first says "money," then "love" when pressed further. - Of Thee I Sing
They devise a scheme to share Ali's Converse sneakers: Zahra will wear them to school in the morning and return them to Ali at midday so he can attend afternoon classes. - Children of Heaven
This forced Mameha and Sayuri to devise a plan to push Hatsumomo out of the Nitta okiya lest Sayuri's career ultimately die. - Memoirs of a Geisha
The plan he and Clélia devise is to fake the child's illness and death and then establish him secretly in a large house nearby, where Fabrice and Clélia can come to see him each day. - The Charterhouse of Parma
As Kronos draws near Los Angeles, scientists devise an ingenious plan that reverses the monster machine's polarity, forcing it to feed upon itself, until being obliterated by a gigantic implosion. - Kronos (film)
Knowing that a ransom demand will soon be coming, and that payment will in no way guarantee his father's release or his own safety, Artemis prepares to devise a plan while Butler drives them back to Fowl Manor. - Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
The Warriors devise a plan to make sure it is them—when they are ahead in the game and it becomes clear that the fuel in the generator is moments away from running out, the Warriors call a timeout that lasts for the remaining time. - Full-Court Miracle
The two devise many creative ways of distributing the unwanted money. - You Shall Know Our Velocity
The two reluctantly team up and devise a plan to destroy Drucker's facility. - The 6th Day
When they return home, the trio devise a plan to blackmail mrs Tingle by using fake photos of Luke and mrs Tingle in bed together, suggesting they were having an affair. - Teaching Mrs. Tingle
A news report leads Mark to devise an escape plan. - Freddy vs. Jason
The new Chief Medical Officer, dr Katherine Pulaski (Diana Muldaur), is brought aboard the Enterprise as it prepares to travel to Aucdet IX in order to take on dangerous virus samples, which will be carried to a Starfleet Medical station in hope to devise a cure for a plague epidemic in the Rachelis System. - The Child (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Anthony, Kirby, Skip, Jose, Delilah, and Cleon devise a plan to rob an armored car making a stop at the Noble Street Federal Reserve Bank of the Bronx. - Dead Presidents
They devise a scheme for an expedition led by Aubrey on the Surprise. - The Yellow Admiral
Having returned home, the boy and his grandmother then devise a plan to get rid of the world of witches. - The Witches (novel)
At Carlscrona, they meet with Admiral Saumarez to devise their plan. - The Surgeon's Mate
When 12-year-old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) begins 7th grade in Las Vegas, Nevada, his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. - Pay It Forward (film)
Brian Potter will devise ideas for the club to attract more customers, usually to the disapproval of Jerry stClair. - Phoenix Nights
Although her neighbor Auntie Shrew helps her disable his tractor, mrs Brisby knows she must devise another plan. - The Secret of NIMH
Roark, Barnes, and police lieutenant Ed Fox (Keith David) devise a plan to stack concrete barriers at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, creating a cul-de-sac to pool the lava as helicopters dump water on it to form a crust. - Volcano (1997 film)
Researchers on the project have yet to devise a system to generate enough power to operate it. - Real Genius
They devise numerous plans to steal rare Pokémon, all of which the player must foil, meeting and defeating the organization boss Giovanni. - Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Henry has to devise a plan to save the camp from a piece of NASA's Skylab, which is falling to Earth. - Wet Hot American Summer
The entire group of Trellis's characters, by now including Finn, Sweeney, the urbane Pooka and an invisible and quarrelsome Good Fairy who lives in the Pooka's pocket, convenes in Trellis's fictional Red Swan Hotel where they devise a way to overthrow their author. - At Swim-Two-Birds
Pendergast and Green devise a plan to make a final stand against the creature, with Pendergast hoping to use his old hunting techniques of shooting the creature's legs in order to stop its charge. - Relic (novel)
They devise numerous plans for stealing rare Pokémon, which the player must foil. - Pokémon Red and Blue
The two men also share their past, form a bond of friendship and devise a plan to catch the gang. - Taxi (1998 film)
They rally all of his employees and devise a plan to stop him once and for all. - Big Fat Liar
Unaware of Jackie and Ordell's plan to smuggle in $550,000, Nicolette and Dargus devise a sting to catch Ordell during a transfer of $50,000. - Jackie Brown
The Doctor and Pex devise a ruse to lure the Chief into a booby trapped room and thereby destroy Kroagnon, but when the plan goes wrong Pex sacrifices himself to drag the Chief into the trap. - Paradise Towers
Yzma and Kronk later devise a plan to assassinate Kuzco through having him drink poison at a planned supper, but end up giving him the wrong potion that instead transforms him into a llama. - The Emperor's New Groove
Eventually, in Russia, Yuji and Marlene come across another group of soldiers and devise a battle plan to get back to Second Earth. - Blue Gender
During the attempt, Wai Lin is captured, forcing Bond to devise a second plan. - Tomorrow Never Dies
The nations of the world began to devise several solutions to counteract the collision itself. - Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Anne and Guy devise a plan for Guy to finish his tennis match quickly, evade his police escort, and reach the amusement park first and prevent Bruno from planting the lighter. - Strangers on a Train (film)
Marshall and military advisors devise a plan to trick Korshunov to take Air Force One to a lower altitude for a mid-air refueling, giving time for the hostages to parachute safely off the plane. - Air Force One (film)
discover Truth or Date is being filmed at the same mall, through their friend Willam (Ethan Suplee, who throughout the movie tries to see a sailboat in a Magic Eye poster), and ask local slackers Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively) to destroy the show's stage, a task for which they devise elaborate but ultimately unsuccessful plans. - Mallrats
In response to this, the gigantic Electrocorp research and development complex at the Metropolis 4 plant devise the Leader Project—a hive mind constructed from trillions of nanobots in a sealed central chamber within Metropolis 4. - Rise of the Robots
Bernard and Miss Bianca find Penny and devise a plan of escape and send Evinrude to alert the local animals, who loathe Medusa, but Evinrude is delayed when he is forced to take shelter from a flock of bats. - The Rescuers
In addition, to try to devise methods to escape the planet, Lusitania's leading, troublemaking physicist Grego is persuaded by Ender to research faster-than-light travel, despite Grego scoffing at the idea. - Xenocide
Pongo and Missis devise a plan to rescue all of the puppies and escape the day before Christmas Eve. - The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Later, Macreedy and Doc Velie devise a plan for Macreedy to escape under the cover of darkness. - Bad Day at Black Rock
Subsequently Pip and Herbert Pocket devise a plan for Magwitch to escape from England. - Great Expectations
Anderson and Ward devise a plan to indict members of the Klan for the murders. - Mississippi Burning
Kronsteen, SMERSH's chess-playing master planner, and Colonel Rosa Klebb, the head of Operations and Executions, devise the operation. - From Russia, with Love (novel)
Pike and his men, knowing they risk being double-crossed by Mapache, devise a way of bringing him the stolen weapons without him double-crossing them. - The Wild Bunch
Hazel and Bigwig devise a plan to rescue Hyzenthlay's group and bring them to Watership Down, after which the Efrafan escapees start their new life of freedom. - Watership Down
” She, O'Malley, and Father O’Dowd devise a plan to rent out the Metropolitan, perform “Going My Way” with the choir and a full orchestra, then sell the rights to the song, thereby saving the church from its financial woes. - Going My Way
Upon meeting Radcliffe they reveal their true intentions and ask for his help to devise a cure for Hive's infection, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Hive and his Inhuman allies. - The Singularity (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
During the many days at the palace, the four men devise increasingly abhorrent tortures and humiliations for their own pleasure. - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Eventually, the trio of heroes manage to escape their situation with the Seatopians and reunite to devise a plan to send Jet Jaguar to get Godzilla's help using Jet Jaguar's secondary control system. - Godzilla vs. Megalon

Example sentences for "devise" in interesting articles

You learn to devise recruitment and training systems that are tailored for this reality, rather than rely on the paper credentials doled out by various educational institutions. - WSJ: "India Graduates Millions But Too Few Are Fit to Hire" - Yes, But .....
They’ve been instructed to devise a plan that reduces the 10-year deficit by at least $1.5 trillion. - Warren Buffett: Stop coddling the super rich
“How do I become this thing I want to be? How do I do it? So what happens is young men try to devise their own rites of passages.”Taken too far, these rites can be harmful to ourselves and society. - Why Young Men Go to War
Yet Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos is under pressure to move more quickly as rivals including EBay and Wal-Mart devise their own faster ways to deliver products. “What Wal-Mart and EBay are working on is, can they be faster than Amazon,” said Matt Nemer, a San Francisco-based analyst at Wells Fargo & Co. - Amazon Ramps Up $13.9 Billion Warehouse Building Spree
Wallace directed a sizable chunk of his revenue back into research, hiring a team of new corn breeders to devise still more hybrids. - Corn Wars
They’ve been instructed to devise a plan that reduces the 10-year deficit by at least $1.5 trillion. - Warren Buffett: “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich” (2011)
Let’s imagine that 24 hours before you are born, a genie comes to you and tells you devise a social and economic system. - Notes From a Meeting with Warren Buffett
And while he may not have written the first email program or code, he is recognized in some quarters as the first to devise the form closest to today's email - on commission from the Brookhaven National Laboratory. - Email pioneer Shiva Ayyadurai prays for recognition
The government formed a high-level taskforce in February to devise a plan for building indigenous software, said a senior intelligence official who is a member. - India wants to develop its own OS
The researchers must devise a method to deliver the therapeutic agent to every single infected cell. - Breakthrough in fight against AIDS, scientists 'delete' HIV from human cells
He said that resources, developed by experts, were already available online to help schools teach computer science and he wants universities and businesses to devise new courses and exams, particularly a new computing GCSE. - UK Schools ICT to be replaced by computer science programme
But the fact is, it’s easier, when you don’t really know what you’re talking about, or what the reader wants to know, to spout a bunch of BS and mark something as “done” than to figure out what the real problem is, devise a real solution, and communicate that. - How High School English Class Ruined Your Proposals
Why don’t you and some of these other anti-charter monsters devise a study on the parent effect? And just to be fair test for traditional schools performance…oh wait…that was done and most failed. Reply jpr says: March 9, 2014 at 9:45 am Can you cite a report that supports what you say? The Boston Charter School study showed that students who attended charters did better than students who were not accepted in charter school lotteries. - How to Analyze False Claims about Charter Schools
Admittedly, trying to devise a system by which any idiot can be a public educator is one way of avoiding the thorny issue of dealing with idiots who have become public educators. - Seen Not Heard: How Obscure Security Makes Schools Suck
And so we have had to devise ways to get a gravity wave signal into these mirrors and through them, without it being contaminated by the quantum jiggling motion of the mirrors. - Kip Thorne: The Man Who Imagined Wormholes and Schooled Hawking (2007)
States convened study groups, task forces, and committees to devise plans to confront this threat to the nation. - The Myth of Chinese Super Schools

Meaning of "devise" in English

(law) a gift of real property by will
a will disposing of real property
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Examples
- organize a strike
- devise a plan to take over the director's office
give by will, especially real property

Meaning of "devise" in Hindi

उत्तरदान ( Uttaradan)
इच्छापत्र द्वारा दान ( Echchhapatr dvara dan, echchhaapatr dvaaraa dan, echchhapatr dwara dan)
इच्छापत्र ( Echchhapatr, echchhaapatr)
योजना बनाना
यत्न करना ( Yatn karana, yatn karanaa)
उपाय करना ( Upay karana, upaay karanaa)
छोड जाना ( Chhod jana, chhod janaa, chhod zana)
इच्छापत्र द्वारा प्रदान करना ( Echchhapatr dvara pradan karana, echchhaapatr dvaaraa pradan karanaa, echchhapatr dwara pradan karana)
सङ्कल्प करना ( Sangkalp karana, sangkalp karanaa)
आविष्कार करना ( Aavishkar karana, aavishkaar karanaa, aawishkar karana)
छोड़ जाना ( Chhod jana, chhod janaa, chhod zana)
उपाय या युक्ति निकालना ( Upay ya yukti nikalana, upaay yaa yukti nikaalanaa)
उपाय निकालना ( Upay nikalana, upaay nikaalanaa)
इच्छा पत्र द्वारा भूमि देना ( Echchha patr dvara bhumi dena, echchhaa patr dvaaraa bhoomi denaa, echchha patr dwara bhumi dena)
योजना बनाना ( Yojana banana, yojanaa bananaa, yozana banana)
वसीयत द्वारा प्राप्त ( Vasiyat dvara prapt, vaseeyat dvaaraa praapt, wasiyat dwara prapt)
वसीयत में समत्ति प्रदान करना ( Vasiyat men samatti pradan karana, vaseeyat men samatti pradan karanaa, wasiyat men samatti pradan karana)
सोच निकालना ( Soch nikalana, soch nikaalanaa)
बिल ( Bil)
वसीयत द्वारा लेना ( Vasiyat dvara lena, vaseeyat dvaaraa lenaa, wasiyat dwara lena)

Synonyms of "devise"

get up
forge
excogitate
formulate
organize
organise
invent
machinate
prepare
contrive

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