Sentence examples similar to contrived desire from inspiring English sources
Page's answers "heightened my concern that the processes at the FBI were contrived to fit the desired outcomes of people who were biased in favor of Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump," Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla). said, emerging from Friday's meeting.
Laozi's teachings, which stressed naturalness, personal freedom and happiness, stand in stark contrast to the rituals and rigidity of Confucius, whom Laozi is supposed to have met and told, "Cast off your arrogant airs and many desires, sir, your contrived posturing and your overweening ambition".
Yet during this period he contrived to write one of his most notable works, The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole.
But in this play (which became the movie "Boom," with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton), the relationships are too flimsy and contrived to generate the emotional fireworks of, say, "A Streetcar Named Desire" or "The Glass Menagerie".
Your decisions and desires should not be dictated by the trappings of advertisement or "playing hard to get," contrived to make someone interested.
As a brand consultant, it may seem like heresy but the old-fashioned, contrived multi-channel advertising campaign with its vague tagline seems like a lumbering dinosaur -- the big corporation trying to manufacture desire out of thin air.
Seems totally contrived".
