Sentence examples for its contrived from inspiring English sources
But in spite of its contrived, almost shticky formulation, it's still realistic in terms of how the characters deal with the unfortunately serendipitous situation they find themselves in.
It's an intriguing movie, in some ways, but its contrived and even bizarre final revelation depends on coincidences of almost Hardyesque proportions.
Still, its contrived plot touches on a real concern: the limited longevity of opera singers.
This wouldn't be fatal if the film didn't festoon its literary posturing and its contrived "Columbo -style narrative with the trappings of politiColumbo -style
The story of Essena O'Neill, an Australian teenager who had 612,000 Instagram followers but quit social media because of its "contrived perfection", could be a starting point.
What's worse is that for all its contrived romantic messaging, Battle of the Sexes completely cuts out the more complex part of Billie Jean and Marilyn's relationship.
Written in a single day, you can almost inhale its freshness; it contrives to sound like an oral tale shaped by a thousand mouths, rather than a lone man at his desk.
She and the middle-aged, down-on-his-luck reporter Mikael Blomkvist made quite the odd couple, and their chemistry fueled that earlier novel, driving it through its hurried, contrived ending.
"My country," complained its first occupant, John Adams, "has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived".
Not only does "The Hurricane" distort history, it also loses control of its own contrived story.
