confabulate

“We know people confabulate details in many situations, but it was neat to see this play out in the context of imagination,” McCoy says.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2023

The two proud dowagers, Lady Lynn and Lady Ingram, confabulate together.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

If I must confabulate with gentlemen of your kidney, I prefer to keep it dark.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph

"Mistah Travis," began Mr. Scott deferentially, clearing his throat, "would you-all be good enough to jine our little gatherin' while we confabulate on dis hyar recent contabulaneous incident?"

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various

Shawn Oakley has shown that it is easy to induce ChatGPT to create misinformation and even report confabulated studies on a wide range of topics, from medicine to politics to religion.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2022

Hecht’s gift for confabulated anecdote suggests one reason that he became so successful as a Hollywood entertainer.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019

Then it started developing as we confabulated for a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2017

Then Michael confabulated much longer and more fruitfully.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2017

The farmer’s wife appeared at the door, looked at the traveller, then retiring with her husband, the two confabulated a little apart, and finally they invited Stephenson into the cottage. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel

He said Dr A and Dr B were "confabulating" events to target him and that Dr B was an unreliable witness due to a previous traumatic experience.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Dr. Ahmed has not personally assessed Mr. Biden but said, in his view, the evidence is “overwhelming” that Mr. Biden is confabulating.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

“If he is confabulating, he is wholly confident in his recollection and will stick to his guns. You can’t present anyone confabulating with evidence to the contrary because they believe their own reality.”

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

The personnel dressed in white jackets the next morning were busy confabulating and joking with one another while cheesy loud music was playing in the background.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019

In others two young men were confabulating quietly but with a most dissipated air, heads together over a brace of glasses.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William