contrive in a sentence

Examples

1. What isn't contrived or calculating isn't Holtz.
2. There was a good reason for this contrived sense of purpose.
3. The arguments on his behalf were so contrived, so implausible.
4. Its private data are often contrived, " he said.
5. There's not a contrived note or lyric on it.
6. "To me that's too contrived,"
7. "But it wasn't a particularly contrived plan.
8. When you think about it, it's almost contrived.
9. But it is all contrived, very carefully cued and worded.
10. Nothing was contrived about Ginger, but I just moved on.