concoct
verb (used with object)
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cooking.
was concocting
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past progressiveof concoct.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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America was concocting tons of new inventions, and they needed ads to spread the word, like for Benjamin Babbitt’s bar soap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
I was concocting things in his life as well.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2020
After her response was tweeted out, Ward deleted the post and replaced it with one claiming the media was concocting a story.
From Fox News ● Apr. 28, 2020
But even as Thompson was concocting his thrills-and-chills approach, another, quieter tradition sprung up adjacent to the dark ride.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2019
Perhaps it was due to an illogical instinct of the blacksmith's sex that his conscience did not trouble him when he was concocting these pains and penalties for duplicity.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine
