Example Sentences

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Up at Harvard, economists from East and West have been concocting a so- called Grand Bargain between the Western nations, led by the U.S., and the Soviet Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

Priestley and I have been concocting a great scheme.

From The Education of Eric Lane by McKenna, Stephen

We wanted you to talk over a scheme that these young ones have been concocting.

From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Here is a little pot of grease which I have been concocting and intend to lay on immediately.”

From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)