Sentence examples similar to it felt staged from inspiring English sources

A scene in which Mr. Murphy weeps while surveying the band's gear the day after the concert is meant to be the film's catharsis, but it's cold, and it's such an emotional outlier that it feels staged.

At times, it felt a little unreal following this troop of nomads and their animals as they zig-zagged up rocky mountain paths, along ridges that provided stupendous views of that day's route, but it never felt staged in the way that some "cross-cultural experiences" can.

The wildlife was so abundant and so close that it almost felt staged, as through a director was standing in the wings, radioing directions to cue the flamingos' entrance.

"The place felt staged and sanitized".

People's passions about better — and better-looking — schools makes for emotional television, even if it occasionally feels staged.

The anthemlike finale, "Last December," is less grating than past Prince anthems, thanks in large part to an astounding guitar solo, but it still feels staged.

It was a perfectly choreographed moment, except it didn't feel staged.

It makes every conversation feel oddly one-sided, making NPCs feel staged and the main character surreal.

You don't want the photograph to feel staged.

Their events feel staged.

This feels staged, just like reality television.