Sentence examples similar to contrived remarks from inspiring English sources

But we live now in hard times, not end times". Does that mean his remarks were insincere or contrived?

Reviewing Sleepless In Seattle, American critic Roger Ebert remarked that it was as "ephemeral as a talk show, as contrived as the late show, and yet so warm and gentle I smiled the whole way through".

(Claudia La Rocco Thehe Bad Guys' In Alena Smith's lively if contrived comedy-drama, five young men gather in upstate New York to hash over a tragedy in their past and trade testy remarks about their disparate hopes for the future.

(La Rocco) 'The Bad Guys' (closes on Sunday) In Alena Smith's lively if contrived comedy-drama, five young men gather in upstate New York to hash over a tragedy in their past and trade testy remarks about their disparate hopes for the future.

"And contrived.

Contrived much?

It's contrived.

Seems totally contrived".

"It felt contrived".

It's not contrived.

Completely contrived myth.