Sentence examples for was contrived from inspiring English sources

She said she felt the photo of her was "contrived".

Following this, a formal cartel was contrived in 1996 and stricter controls were implemented.

I ask if Andy's persona – the incandescent blankness, the air of perpetual boredom – was contrived.

I always thought that it was contrived, so unlike his true nature.

Mr. Hastert countered that the dispute was contrived to make him and the governor look bad.

Mr. Follieri's business cachet — his link to the Catholic Church — was contrived, the government said.

Claiming that the opposition was contrived to defeat President Obama is a false if not nefarious claim.

Unlike his music, the concert was contrived, stiff and as unspontaneous as any show with Mr. Nelson onstage could be.

We now know that the "evidence" presented for our invasion was contrived and therefore not a reason for our action.

The exaggerated hip-hop look was contrived from brand name, off-the-rack clothes in outsize proportions.

Informing the undercover reporter that Delingpole was "pulling out" of the election, Heaton-Harris said the timing was "contrived".