Contrived - definition, pronunciation, transcription
- this word is a past participle form of the verb to contrive
adjective
Extra examples
The movie's contrived ending was a big disappointment.
The results of the test seemed somewhat contrived.
The characters are as contrived as the plot.
The prisoners contrived a way to escape.
He contrived a meeting with the president.
...the actor's private life had long been occulted by a contrived public persona...
They contrived household utensils from stone.
She somehow contrived to arrange a meeting.
The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.
He surprised himself by the amount of fun and sparkle he contrived to elicit.
Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.
The lawsuit says oil companies contrived the oil shortage in the 1970s.
In 1862, a technique was contrived to take a series of photographs showing stages of movement.
They contrived to murder their boss
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