contrivances

Example Sentences

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“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

The contrivances of the situation are inescapable, despite the scrupulous honesty of the performers in director Michael Herwitz’s charged production.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

There’s no villain, no phony contrivances, and the mandatory breakup is well-buttressed by the script.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

With its quick-sketch setups, artificial contrivances and punchline resolutions, “A Transparent Musical” may in fact have more in common with 1980s sitcoms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Adams had spent most of his retirement years denouncing such contrivances as gross distortions of history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis