Definition of Contrived

unnatural or fabricated

Examples of Contrived in a sentence

During the family photo, the unhappy teenage girl wore a contrived smile on her face.  🔊

If you look at the picture of the dog and cat dancing, you can easily tell a Photoshop user created the contrived image.  🔊

The movie’s contrived plot about the killer butterflies did not make sense to anyone in the audience.  🔊

When the detective looked around the house, he saw a contrived scene that made him believe the kidnapping was staged.  🔊

The teacher did not believe Hank’s contrived excuse about his missing homework.  🔊

Jim made the contrived confession after the police threatened him.  🔊

The model’s contrived photo looked nothing like her.  🔊

Since you put a great deal of time into planning your contrived crime, you should not expect a lenient prison sentence.  🔊

The people on the reality show speak their lines in such a contrived manner that it sounds as if they are reading from a script.  🔊

As soon as the actor read the contrived article about his marriage, he asked his lawyer to prepare a lawsuit against the magazine.  🔊

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