Sentence examples similar to contrived custom from inspiring English sources

To appeal to this clientele, photographers often staged and contrived the scenes they photographed, particularly the portraits depicting "manners and customs".

In respect of custom, consistency is preserved when the vestibules of magnificent edifices are conveniently contrived and richly finished: for those buildings cannot be said to be consistent, to whose splendid interiors you pass through poor and mean entrances.

"And contrived.

Contrived much?

It's contrived.

Seems totally contrived".

"It felt contrived".

It's not contrived.

Completely contrived myth.

This was not contrived.

It seemed contrived.