Sentence examples for slightly contrived from inspiring English sources

But the rationales sound slightly contrived.

The scene is slightly contrived, but the food is real.

It did feel like a slightly contrived argument.

The acronym may sound slightly contrived but it does what it says on the tin.

The four friends are a slightly contrived cross-section of urban gay life.

But thanks to Ms. Parsons's wry, thoroughly unsentimental performance, and Mr. Coble's mostly sensitive writing, the slightly contrived setup fades into irrelevance fairly quickly.

And what was once considered cool and cutting edge can quickly become contrived and slightly ridiculous.

Aiken, who finished second to Ruben Studdard in 2003, blasted this season's runner-up on his blog deriding Lambert's version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" as "contrived," "awful," "slightly frightening," and added "Omigod, who dressed that boy?" Aiken now writes that his comments were just meant to be colorful.

Her outsized personas shift slightly, enough to indicate they're contrived, but her language and style remain remarkably consistent wherever she performs.

I thought the plot was weak and contrived, and I was slightly offended by the dumbing down of the film (robot urination and racial stereotypes? give me a break).

For seven years, the sender has contrived always to get Jones's name slightly wrong, though never so wrong as to be undeliverable.