Examples of 'contrived' in a sentence
Meaning of "contrived"
Contrive is a verb meaning to create or bring about by deliberate use of skill or trickery
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- simple past tense and past participle of contrive
- Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
- Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
How to use "contrived" in a sentence
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I have contrived a dance based on this philosophy.
I will tell you what else is contrived.
And they contrived a plot of great magnitude.
These incidents had been contrived by the clinic.
We just contrived that bit of business ourselves.
He would just seen like a contrived freak.
The plot is contrived and it has no theme.
The cracks on the walls look contrived.
Your contrived nonsense will not fool me.
I think this is just too insanely contrived.
Contrived to get the bird on its back.
Every scene looks contrived and manipulated.
Contrived to say a word to her old lover.
Because you all contrived to screw up my wedding.
Technically accurate and still look contrived.
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They contrived to arrive in time after all.
The love story seemed a bit contrived.
No contrived formula can foretell its arrival.
And schemes were contrived to put him out.
Each contrived to secure a monopoly for himself.
He did not like things that were contrived or pretentious.
But he contrived to express his gratitude at last.
This is not a magic show contrived by a man.
Never contrived and without a hint of pity or sympathy.
I think that the romance was too contrived.
How he has contrived to evade the law.
Every single moment of the movie is contrived.
The concept is contrived and tired.
To the modern mind they seem contrived.
He contrived a new engine that does not use gas.
The thoughtful soul who contrived the.
You contrived to get him here.
No arrangements will be implemented that are contrived or artificial.
Yet you contrived to escape with your life.
Were alleged to be false and deceitfully contrived.
Contrived to divert suspicion from the real traitor.
Is that they look so contrived when they dance.
This contrived controversy is absolutely ridiculous.
Complotted and contrived in this land.
Contrived his death as the punishment of his cowardliness.
This shows its contrived and malicious intentions.
But do not ask us to celebrate this contrived event.
His somewhat contrived style is characterized by its archaism.
They say the scene was contrived.
You contrived yourself very nicely.
Kiribati has a history of contrived and ritualized duels.
I contrived to draw off the cover.
Holes are purposely contrived in the planking.
Very contrived and uninteresting story.
Many of the scenes seem contrived and unrealistic.
