contrived
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There is something quite cruel and contrived in how Mr. Rock puts his protagonist through trials to serve his superficial Hollywood fable about the high price and sour smell of success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In a film full of contrived indignities, this is the most maddening, suggesting that anyone watching the film is no more clever than the “Fossil Fools” audience members.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Scenes designed to advance the plot feel more contrived than ones in which characters just share thoughts and feelings, but there are plenty of those.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
I’m wondering if the justices are themselves creating these absurd notions or if appellate advocates are suggesting and steering the justices toward these contrived ways of thinking.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Stendahl drank it in, the dreariness, the oppression, the fetid vapors, the whole “atmosphere,” so delicately contrived and fitted.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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