Use of contrived in Sentences. 40 Examples

The examples include contrived at the start of sentence, contrived at the end of sentence and contrived in the middle of sentence

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contrived at the end of sentence


  1. His excuse sounded a bit contrived.
  2. The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
  3. The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.
  4. The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.
  5. The praying in the Spirit appeared stagey and contrived.
  6. The praying in the Spirit appeared stagey and contrived.
  7. I enjoyed the film, but felt the ending was a bit contrived.
  8. I enjoyed the film, but felt the ending was a bit contrived.
  9. It all comes about as deliberately, if unconsciously, contrived.
  10. It all comes about as deliberately, if unconsciously, contrived.
  11. The back story of why she hates her father is a bit too contrived.
  12. Their sudden outburst was obviously genuine; it couldn't have been contrived.

contrived in the middle of sentence


  1. He contrived to escape.
  2. He contrived to gain their votes.
  3. He contrived to gain their votes.
  4. He contrived to make matters worse.
  5. It sounds contrived to me, Holmes.
  6. They contrived a mask against poison gas.
  7. They contrived a mask against poison gas.
  8. The script is contrived and unbelievable.
  9. His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
  10. His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
  11. The characters are as contrived as the plot.
  12. The characters are as contrived as the plot.
  13. They contrived a plan to defraud the company.
  14. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
  15. One of them had even contrived to get sunburned.
  16. One of them had even contrived to get sunburned.
  17. Somehow they contrived to live on her tiny income.
  18. There's something very contrived about the whole story.
  19. All the same, there's something contrived about it, Miles.
  20. The film is contrived, sentimental and gratuitously violent.
  21. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.
  22. Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.
  23. The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
  24. Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.
  25. The lawsuit says oil companies contrived the oil shortage in the 1970s.
  26. The lawsuit says oil companies contrived the oil shortage in the 1970s.
  27. She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.
  28. In 1862, a technique was contrived to take a series of photographs showing stages of movement.

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