contrivances

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“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

How the satire becomes the tragedy is central to the power of Ibsen’s dramatic construction, overriding its occasional plot contrivances.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2024

Ewell doesn’t help himself with a couple of contrivances that are crucial to propelling the plot along.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

But based on a screenplay by a trio of Western writers and directed by Polish filmmaker Tomasz Bagiński, it quickly stumbles into narrative contrivances as it incessantly overworks certain emotional beats.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

Adams had spent most of his retirement years denouncing such contrivances as gross distortions of history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis