Sentence examples for look forced from inspiring English sources

You have to look powerful, but it cannot look forced.

But in Mr. Bell's work, these alternations look forced rather than inventive.

He is just not a suit person and it will always look forced.

There has been a danger that their "act" on Gogglebox could look forced, especially if they start playing up to it.

When the choreography modulates into more jazzy exhibitionist dance, when a pas de deux switches into high emotional gear, it starts to look forced, as if Robbins didn't trust his original instincts.

They look forced and sentimental, and especially suffer in the company of Ketaki Sheth's mesmerizing images of twins, which are subtle studies in individuality, and Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's ravishing yet unprepossessing photographs of Indian landscapes and workaday objects.

But the more pervasive stunt casting becomes, the more it looks forced and just plain distracting.

He smiled, as if to reassure the assembled, but it looked forced.

His efforts to rehabilitate his religious bona fides often looked forced.

To some minds, her oddball accessories run the risk of looking forced or, worse, dowdy.

He never seems quite comfortable in Chevalier's skin, and that Chevalierian twinkle in the eye looks forced.