Sentence examples for a contrived image from inspiring English sources

Realize that the image of someone else that you see may be a contrived image that he or she strives to project.

Manson's carefully contrived image - cartoon meets horror story - underpins his threatening mien.

These are some of the carefully contrived images that make this show a tribute to the talent of Soviet photographers even as it reveals their complicity in Stalin's big lie.(Nailya Alexander Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, Manhattan, through Dec. 30; free).

It's contrived images and edited clips ranked against each other.

The contrived images here are not so different from the docu-realism of his fictional work, using non-professionals.

Sure, there are those contrived images that document everyone at Aunt Sally's 80th, but I've found that more likely than not, there is one preceding it showing some imperfections: kids playing up to the camera, people not paying attention.

At a time when Victorians could not decide whether photography was an art or a science, Cameron was bent on contriving images that aspired to be paintings.

It's a striking finale, not to mention refreshing, given how many artists still soak in a contrived, tie-dye, "Summer of '69" image irrevocably tied to the sometimes challenging, often rewarding experience of psychedelics.

It's not a contrived thing.

Or a contrived fairy tale apropos only of itself?

A contrived, dramatically unsatisfying rouse!