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How to use the word contrived in a Sentence?

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reality is often little more than a mirror reflecting visions made of ice and steel cold permanent and carefully contrived. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
You can't read this record without sensing that this need is a contrived one. – Elena Kagan	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Like everyone in our city, state and across this nation, we mourned the senseless killing of Jacquelyn Smith. To now learn that family members staged this brutal killing is beyond belief and represents a double tragedy, they were responsible for taking Jacquelyn's life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents. – Catherine Pugh	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The recent spike in RIN prices appears contrived and driven by something other than basic supply-demand fundamentals. – The Renewable Fuels Association	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The drug menace must stop... Yet the apparent serial summary executions of alleged street drug users or petty drug lords which appear sudden, too contrived and predictable must also stop, the two are not incompatible. – Edre Olalia	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This explains the shift from defiance to contrition, it's totally contrived, she doesn't mean a word of it. – The Weekly Standard Steve Hayes	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I do preach the idea of individualism as in not adapting any kind of style or model other than that one of your own. I always found it strange in art history when studying about the different guilds and movements. It sounded too contrived and having to follow devised parameters to create art. I personally am not a team player in that manner. The art should be labeled by the artist's name only. – Adamo Macri	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. – John F. Kennedy	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. – John F. Kennedy	added by anonymous 13 years ago
As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived. – German Proverb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. – Learned Hand	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners. – Josh Billings	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder. – Homer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

reality is often little more than a mirror reflecting visions made of ice and steel cold permanent and carefully contrived.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

You can't read this record without sensing that this need is a contrived one.

– Elena Kagan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Like everyone in our city, state and across this nation, we mourned the senseless killing of Jacquelyn Smith. To now learn that family members staged this brutal killing is beyond belief and represents a double tragedy, they were responsible for taking Jacquelyn's life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents.

– Catherine Pugh

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The recent spike in RIN prices appears contrived and driven by something other than basic supply-demand fundamentals.

– The Renewable Fuels Association

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The drug menace must stop... Yet the apparent serial summary executions of alleged street drug users or petty drug lords which appear sudden, too contrived and predictable must also stop, the two are not incompatible.

– Edre Olalia

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This explains the shift from defiance to contrition, it's totally contrived, she doesn't mean a word of it.

– The Weekly Standard Steve Hayes

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I do preach the idea of individualism as in not adapting any kind of style or model other than that one of your own. I always found it strange in art history when studying about the different guilds and movements. It sounded too contrived and having to follow devised parameters to create art. I personally am not a team player in that manner. The art should be labeled by the artist's name only.

– Adamo Macri

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

– Andrew Jackson

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

– John F. Kennedy

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

– John F. Kennedy

added by anonymous
13 years ago

As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.

– German Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

– Learned Hand

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.

– Josh Billings

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic.

– John Fitzgerald Kennedy

added by anonymous
14 years ago

There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder.

– Homer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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