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'contrived' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'contrived' with 3 example sentences.


contrived adjective

: showing effects of planning or manipulation

: artificially formal


  • Yes, I know it's a contrived example, but you get the idea.
  • He contrived a means of speaking to Nancy privately.
  • They contrived to arrive in time after all.
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