Sentence examples similar to contrived separation from inspiring English sources

Many shows have proved the curse wrong — "Bones," "Castle," "New Girl" —though each has had to go to great lengths to replace separation by mutual loathing with something else: kidnapping, undercover work, a contrived breakup.

If the separation feels a bit contrived — couldn't their loved ones simply chip in to find them a sublet?

For him, there is no whole number of 'centres of consciousness' in brain bisection patients: there is too much unity (for example in life outside the laboratory and even in behaviour within) to say "two", yet too much separation in the specially contrived laboratory situations to say "one".

"And contrived.

Contrived much?

It's contrived.

Seems totally contrived".

"It felt contrived".

It's not contrived.

Completely contrived myth.

And it feels contrived.