Sentence examples for contrived nature from inspiring English sources

Here the contrived nature of this contest between some of the most exalted cricketers of the age was betrayed within the first hour.

His prose is so lively and engaging that the reader often notices the contrived nature of the stories only in retrospect.

Mr. Rich is certainly on the mark in criticizing the contrived nature of appearances by political candidates on would-be entertainment programs like NBC's "Tonight Show".

That gig-goers just respond to their unspoken prompts and clap if it is dark and then leave when it is bright only adds to the contrived nature of the encore.

The seemingly artificial and contrived nature of such examples, along with the ease of rectifying them, seems to militate in favor of requiring spacetimes to be maximal.

Butz practically ricochets off the walls of the simple Midwestern kitchen that's the setting for "Dead Accounts," but not even he can transcend the contrived nature of a character who is really nothing more than a collection of manic playwriting impulses.

A. There are certain subjects for photography that are by their nature contrived.

It would seem that wherever nature contrives to lose a part voluntarily, it provides the capacity for replacement.

This still leaves open, however, important questions about just what "objective" feature the posited probabilities of the theory are and how nature contrives to have such probabilities evinced in its behavior.

I always thought that it was contrived, so unlike his true nature.

But the medical commendation of plant eating retained a strong theological dimension, as when Cheyne wrote, "The infinitely wise Author of Nature has so contrived Things, that the most remarkable Rules of preserving Life and Health are moral Duties commanded us".