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

When the rescuers clattered into the courtyard they found no one stirring save a little stout man in a cook's apron, who was concocting something in a huge saucepan.

From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.