Sentence examples similar to contrived and inserted from inspiring English sources

Teaching should not be contrived and artificial.

Things become contrived and cerebral.

But the concept seems contrived and halfhearted.

The ending felt contrived and disappointing, which was probably inevitable.

Often these setups are contrived and ridiculous.

Bacon seems painfully contrived and insincere.

The words sounded contrived and comical.

Today, reality TV is sophomoric, contrived and often inane.

The final scenes are, arguably, contrived and emollient.

And that is because I found "Scott Pilgrim" annoying, contrived and as emotionally meaningful as a chalupa.

The whole thing, including the protests, was "strained, self-conscious, artificially contrived," and "concocted".