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Sentence count:120+5Posted:2016-12-20Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: artificialhokeystiltedSimilar words: contrivecontritecontributecontributorcontributingcontributioncontribute toon the contraryMeaning: [kən'traɪv]  adj. 1. showing effects of planning or manipulation 2. artificially formal. 
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61) Elizabeth and Anne contrived a spit for Felix's chickens and set them to roast.
62) The lawsuit says oil companies contrived a gasoline shortage in the early 1970s.
63) Richter contrived a scale to measure the force of an earthquake.
64) His vivid persona might have been contrived, but it chimed in with the national mood.
65) The Offices so distinct, yet so conveniently communicating - Charmingly contrived!
66) If you succumb to the temptation to tell contrived jokes, ration yourself to two per day.
67) A stolid, red-faced clergyman without wit or humour, he contrived to make any and every subject dull.
68) You are finding a way to do this in a natural, not contrived, manner.
69) Even those who do not condemn democracy out of hand have often contrived more subtle ways of disparaging it.
70) Social and political conflict at best is erroneous, and at worst contrived.
70) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
71) In his Jungle of the Cities he used contrived precise dates and times for each episode.
72) When you first trot these out, you may find that to your ears they sound artificial and contrived.
73) I overthrew your foes, Contrived for Pelias the worst of deaths.
74) But this is almost impossible to do, even by recourse to highly contrived situations not encountered in the wild.
75) And if his comparison was contrived, it is no less valid for that.
76) Unpatriotically he contrived a way of avoiding military service.
77) He contrived to make the matter worse.
78) "We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical." — "That's a matter of opinion.".
79) And teachers misunderstanded the connotation of new idea or they showed a tendency of individualism, balkanization, contrived collegiality.
80) Although her popular image was contrived It'served to inspire music and pageantry.
81) The book is the same premise, with hilariously contrived justification for vigilantism and graphic depictions of the protagonist-killing scumbags.
82) The inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.
83) If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.
84) The children contrived a pulley to lift things into their tree house.
85) He had even at need contrived to aid and multiply the industries of other arrondissements.
86) He contrived an eager, ingratiating smile, which he bestowed on Mr. Squires.
87) He loathed gentility and social convention. To him they smacked of fakery, like the various artistic symbolisms, Surrealism among them, that modern painting had contrived.
88) The tints in the sky were wonderful, every conceivable shade of blue-grey, which contrived to modulate into golden brilliance in which the sun was veiled.
89) Thus, Jackson's interest in all things Native American is far from contrived.
90) Hestia's product contrived by italian famous designers based on the fashion, classical and aulic style, thereby creating 5 series: Rever, Lise, Rada, Milano and Florence.
More similar words: contrivecontritecontributecontributorcontributingcontributioncontribute toon the contrarycontrolcontrarycontractcontrastcontrast tocontradictcontractorby contrastcontroversytake controlcontretempsout of controlcontrol groupunder controlto the contrarycontradictioncontroversialbeyond controlcontradictorysocial contractdivedlive down
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