A novel with a contrived ending.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a contrived story.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The author contrived a clever plot. ,He contrived to gain their votes.    From Dictionary.com. 

The "value" of 1p to 6p is a fiction contrived from the price of actual paid tickets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pseudo-currency, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

How Mrs. Minchin contrived to keep her own feet and to nurse the poor boy as she did was a marvel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls] Reference

OK, so you can drop the word "contrived" from your definition.    From Wordnik.com.  [What do we mean by ‘computer game’?] Reference

DA argued the process had been "contrived" to limit questioning.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It wasn't yesterday's contrived, meaningless apology that was the worst.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Sax: Spitzer's Fiscal Irresponsibility] Reference

The word I use to mark the constructed-ness that you identify is "contrived".    From Wordnik.com.  [I Gamer] Reference

I don't remember any "contrived" anti-war protests or riots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Cyrus told Parade glad her dad got out of the "contrived" country music scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [People.com Latest News] Reference

The fight-the-power lyrics are kind of contrived coming from millionaire rock stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edmonton Sun] Reference

All we're getting, what I would call a kind of contrived silence, a censorship by omission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy Now!] Reference

Cyrus told Parade magazine she's glad her dad got out of the "contrived" country music scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

The sealers were, chiefly, either convicts whose sentences had expired, or such as contrived to escape.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Tasmania , Volume II] Reference

Senate seat, which she called "contrived," Capito noted her commitment to serve out her term in the House.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home/News] Reference

Although most people can't explain what they mean by 'contrived', it seems to be a massive problem for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scamp] Reference

“Because‑‑because this whole situation seems kind of contrived to me,” he blurted. “.    From Wordnik.com.  [Relativity] Reference

The apology, however contrived, did have the ring of truth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ear Today, But Gone Tomorrow] Reference

Conventional wisdom is less spontaneous and more contrived than before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference

The Clinton era has been characterized by contrived political sentiments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics In A Macaroni Era] Reference

And the tale of why he sided with the Americans, while familiar, doesn't sound contrived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baghdad Comes Alive] Reference

So we've contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prestige Panic] Reference

"" Apt Pupil '' is too serious to work as a genre movie, and too contrived to be taken seriously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Film Clips] Reference

In sticking with her sub-Humbert Humbert, Homes shortchanges a more original, less contrived story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roll Over, Nabokov] Reference