Sentence examples for contrived industry from inspiring English sources

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It was refreshing to hang out with him, because my interactions with the artists I fawn over made me feel like a subordinate, or a parasite, or a necessary evil, or a contrived industry apparatus.

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For them, "celebrity" was contrived by the advertising industry to dazzle what H. L. Mencken called the "booboisie": America's middle class, always hungry for the phony and pretentious.

The perfect accompaniment would be a cold, pointedly crisp pilsner-style lager, but, unfortunately, in the likes of Sol and Corona, the Mexican brewing industry has contrived to produce some of the world's worst beers.

Over the last few months, even as Europe began imposing billions in retaliatory tariffs on American industries, lawmakers have contrived to turn this relatively simple vehicle into a $100 billion gravy train.

The musical routines feel thoroughly contrived, inserted into the film only to meet the industry format.

What might have seemed full-frontal in 1987, at a time when the self-help industry was still in its infancy, now seems a little tame, contrived and overfamiliar.

Answer: Because the securities industry benefits from convincing you that you need the assistance of its "investment professionals" to deal with this contrived complexity.

Entire industries here revolve around continually celebrating the notion of Japanese uniqueness, often relying on dubious history and contrived science to make the point.

"And contrived.

Contrived much?

It's contrived.

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