Sentence examples for a contrived from inspiring English sources

It's not a contrived thing.

Or a contrived fairy tale apropos only of itself?

There was a contrived, manipulated, vengeful and spiteful attempt to divert the blame".

This could potentially be a contrived pretext for military intervention, just as we saw in Crimea".

A contrived synthetic total environment, "Feel It" is to be experienced rather than seen.

Yet there is no sense of a contrived, added-on narrative.

Not seeing them as an ensemble looks like a contrived diplomatic distinction.

A contrived and deeply sentimental family melodrama that nonetheless constitutes an affecting sermon.

It is distractingly, disproportionately engorged with technique – all leading to a contrived ending.

Originality and unarguable technique are on display, in the service of a contrived and conceited film.

In his book "Fed Up," he dismissed climate science as a "contrived phony mess that is falling apart".