Sentence examples similar to a contrived argument from inspiring English sources

It did feel like a slightly contrived argument.

You can contrive arguments, but you can't contrive people genuinely getting on.

It's not a contrived thing.

Or a contrived fairy tale apropos only of itself?

A contrived, dramatically unsatisfying rouse!

Was it all a contrived act?

Irland said he felt the show has a contrived nature.

We were presented with a contrived story--an absolute lie.

Being duped by conspicuous consumption: Fashion is a contrived epidemic.

"In Devon it wasn't a contrived existence," she says.

Is Inglourious Basterds an contrived, misguided mess?