Example Sentences

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But, as the forensic evidence in a new documentary shows, Williams' words were a story concocted to hide the grim truth.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

At the Milan Cortina Games, a maniacal Norwegian named Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has turned the quiet world of Nordic skiing on its head with a frenetic sprinting technique that he concocted with his grandfather.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Even though she and other women are able to read, write, and keep ledgerbooks by this date, the complicated and often secret tinctures concocted for fabrics remain the province of men.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Despite having no formal scientific training, Lorenzo's father, Augusto, studied medicine and biochemistry and concocted a potential treatment for ALD using acids from olive and rapeseed oils.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

A paste of Chinese herbs concocted by Mother had magically coaxed sore gums to adopt the twenty-eight intruders fashioned by the dentist.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord