Sentence examples for artful contrivance from inspiring English sources

Lloyd's production shrewdly keeps the 18th century setting while encouraging the actors to tip us the wink that the work is an artful contrivance.

Inevitably, in Stafford's play we view the action objectively and become more aware of the story's artful contrivances: it seems excessively fortuitous that Joey, captured by the enemy, falls into the caring hands of a German captain as horse-obsessed as Albert.

The game, however, is an artful dodge.

The world first creeps into his peripheral vision, where a family of Hmong immigrants live in the rundown house next door; and then, through a series of unfortunate events, some artful and others creaking with scripted contrivance, it stages a life-altering home invasion.

Artful, if not art.

Rosen contrives many artful divagations.

But artful?

Artful pause.

Contrivance is everywhere.

Artful Kate.

Artful, by Ali Smith (Penguin Press).