conceive

Example Sentences

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“It is hard to conceive of a scenario where diesel prices aren’t sky-high and aren’t impacting inflation across the U.S.”

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

It’s entirely possible — as hard as it may be to conceive in these deeply tribal, us-vs.-them times — for two competing notions to be true.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

A sheep who can’t conceive of death, let alone accept that humans would want to murder and eat her entire flock, might as well be fodder.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Few people today could imagine a world without eyeglasses, just as they could not conceive of a world without screens, an analogy that “A Four-Eyed World” often suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I could remotely conceive surprising him once, for an instant, the way his mother had been when she was captured— but to surprise him long enough to give him six consecutive injections?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel