Sentence examples for contrived machinery from inspiring English sources

Having failed three times to poison her "he contrived machinery by which the floor over her bedchanber might be made to fall upon her while she was asleep in the night.

After various interprises he decided to manufacture American-style cigarettes, & how he contrived to import, illegally, machinery, tobacco & cigarette paper.

Many of the other functions performed by the occupant of Buckingham Palace are similarly contrived to add lustre to the machinery of state.

If the film weren't so mechanically contrived — you can feel its rusty machinery cranking away — Mr. De Niro might have lent Frank a dimension that transcended the cliché of a well-meaning but clueless control freak whose fantasies of having raised perfect children are methodically dashed.

But if the narrative machinery expertly grinds out suspense, the details Ms. Ali feeds into that machine are ridiculously contrived.

"And contrived.

Contrived much?

It's contrived.

Seems totally contrived".

"It felt contrived".

It's not contrived.