I have had a good deal to do with duels on the Pacific coast, but I see now that they were crude affairs.

Perhaps because denial seemed such a crude affair, and truth so lamentably one-dimensional.

Their finest craftsmanship went into the building of their canoes, but even these were very crude affairs.

The simple controls had been a similarly crude affair.

Some of those crude affairs were no more than footbridges; others looked strong enough to bear the weight of a light car.

It was a very crude and simple affair, and for that Tanar would have been grateful had he known how intricate locks may be made.

Most of the rockets are crude, homemade affairs that land harmlessly.

It is a crude concrete affair, originally designed to supply electrical power to the Sunbeam mine.

The bridge itself was a crude affair on which, as he crossed it, his foot covering fell with a hollow sound.

Mostly crude two-cylinder affairs, they were temperamental and had a decided influence in changing the vocabulary of owners.