contrived
adjective
obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained.
well-contrived
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a word derived from
contrived.
Example Sentences
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Even where the product was not readily identifiable, salesmen were hard at work as dramatic show after dramatic show peddled the quintessential goodness of man in one well-contrived happy ending after another.
From Time Magazine Archive
There never, probably, was a House of Commons so cool-headed and cautious as not to be stirred out of reason and into passion by so well-contrived an appeal.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by Justin McCarthy
By this well-contrived shipwreck, having, as they imagined, raised their fortunes, they came home triumphantly from their prosperous voyage, and claimed the money for which the ship was insured.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Samuel Johnson
But how nearly his well-contrived scheme went wrong.
From John Jones's Dollar by Harry Stephen Keeler
“Hurrah!” exclaimed Uncle Denis, as he ran forward on seeing the body of an animal sticking out of his well-contrived trap; caught by the head and claws as the robber had seized on the bait.
From With Axe and Rifle by H. Meyer
