Sentence examples for contrived things from inspiring English sources

"Yeah, but I don't mind contrived things.

So I had them do contrived things to make them appear jealous, and later this annoyed me.

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".

It's not a contrived thing.

It was a very contrived thing by the record company.

Stroman contrives things so that the applause she's encouraged at the end of previous numbers is bypassed.

"It's amazing if you're not contrived how well things look.

This is more or less the way the clarinetist Artie Shaw, who turns 90 on Tuesday, has contrived to arrange things.

They kicked it deep again, but again contrived to force things, and England's scrum, having by now seen off Mike Ross, replaced by Tom Court, had the put-in with a minute to go to the break.

CC: Those arrangements are contrived for two things.

It's so contrived, the whole thing.