invent
Example Sentences
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In the first decade of the 20th century, two brilliant English civilians, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, invented the world’s first modern gunnery computer to aim the big guns of battleships.
David Sherborne, barrister for the claimants, suggested Griffiths had "invented" the story about Princess Catherine's pregnancy, and it was an example of her "making up" connections with the Royal Family.
From BBC
“Archer’s constant legal issues and flailing business operations have left it no choice but to resort to invented nonsensical theories,” Spiro said in a statement.
"In other words," Burkhardt added, "evolution seems to have invented centralized nervous systems more than once."
From Science Daily
At the table next to Gonzalez, the nurse, Loren Campbell was loving his New York sour, a drink invented in the late 19th century.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
