concoct
verb (used with object)
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cooking.
well-concocted
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a word derived from
concoct.
Example Sentences
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A single word from her lips, some well-concocted story, would bring on awful scandals.
From The Secrets of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
"This is a very well-concocted and well-told tale, my lord," said the first, with a sneer; "but I doubt whether it find many believers in the British service."
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
When you come to think of it, sitting here and feeling the reviving influence of this remarkably well-concocted beverage, I can confidently answer 'Nothing.'
From The Double Traitor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
I'd at least have foreseen the time when this compact, this Holy Alliance, should become impossible; when the developed intelligence of Europe would seek something else from their rulers than a well-concocted scheme of repression.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
Quite forgetting this trifle of treachery, the too-hasty plotter had sought the duke's stronghold with the hope of placating him with well-concocted lies and a smooth tongue.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. by Charles Morris
