Example Sentences

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According to the NHS, around one in seven couples have difficulty conceiving.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It demands conceiving, sketching, lingering; it demands time.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

The NIH lists some possible risk factors including prenatal exposure to pesticides or air pollution, premature birth or low birth weight, maternal health problems and parents conceiving at older ages.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

In conceiving his performance, Domingo saw Divine G as “the best of that program and what it can be.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

Because he had no topographic map, however, he had no way of conceiving that salvation was so close at hand.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer