How To Use Uncontrived In A Sentence
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It would have been very easy for Neel's character to have become too good to be true, but that is never a danger with Kusturica's earnest, uncontrived playing of him.
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Capitalizing on the raw beauty of the Cape Breton coastline, the raw talent of the young cast and the raw impetus of a low-budget production, Moyle delivered a film layered in uncontrived freshness.
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It is rare that you will find a genuine and uncontrived example of ambiguity arising from a 'misplaced' only.
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The deciduous and evergreen trees around the small circular polder could serve as an uncontrived wall.
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But this is a collective theme that embraces three years, and it is alive and uncontrived.
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Whatever people called us, we made our records in a pretty uncontrived way.
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In general terms, meditation means becoming familiar with the state of resting in the primordial, uncontrived nature, through being spontaneously, naturally, constantly mindful.
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There's not a moment in the film that feels honest and uncontrived.
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The kind of dress you can wear to weddings, first meetings with in-laws, etc - something that looks uncontrived but luxurious.
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Fragile, honest and uncontrived, they are funny, intriguing, insightful and sad.
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You know, what he had was completely uncontrived, and you know, what he was, was what he was.
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Rather, The Apple feels full of natural, uncontrived moments.
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Also remarkable were the fresh, uncontrived performances of the merchant navy crew who formed the cast.
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But, like good coffee, when its natural, uncontrived and genuine, customer service is just great.
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It seems to me that it is innovative, though - after all, it's multiform, it's transgressive (most notably of personal boundaries), and it enacts some of the wilder aspects of textual theory in a rather uncontrived way.
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These need not all be loud or lengthy, but rather should ebb and flow with apparent uncontrived ease.
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The sense of camaraderie was strong and uncontrived.
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As they ate, he put her at ease with his uncontrived interest in who she was and what she was about.
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His intuition, the problems he set himself, and the solutions that he found, all exhibit something extraordinarily ingenious, something original in an uncontrived way.
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This is less critical for a formal pond, but natural ponds need siting where they look uncontrived.
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The whole thing is not uncontrived, obviously, and can feel a bit spreadsheety.
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Traditional music fans might like to take note of a new CD titled ‘Fortune Favours The Merry’, an album of joyous, uncontrived music on fiddle and flute from two musicians with a lot of talent and experience.
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There is something natural and uncontrived about the presence of children at the liturgy in Byzantine and Oriental churches.
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It doesn't matter how many times we are told to drop everything and be one hundred percent uncontrived and natural, we still hold on to the letting go.
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It all seems entirely uncontrived, but, on closer inspection, one notices geometric lines and angles.
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The lyrics - slightly surreal sometimes - are suitably uncontrived, simplistic and understandable.
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They're genuinely unspoiled because Canadians have a knack of preserving their heritage that's uncontrived, in spite of the demands placed on the environment by modern tourism.
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He's down-to-earth, gesticulating all over the place, with folksy aphorisms and punch lines all put in the right spots, but in an unforced, uncontrived matter.
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Some have praised the film for its uncontrived, natural feel.
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They are those rare specimens whose loyalty is uncontrived and non-cynical.
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Whether delivering information, opinions, perspectives, dissenting arguments, or humorous asides, the human voice is typically open, natural, uncontrived.
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She is an uncontrived champion of the Scots language.
