concoct
Example Sentences
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The cast may swap roles, the audience may concoct a monster — my group envisioned a giant, destructive slice of pumpkin pie — and settings will shift based on audience vote, done via smartphone.
From Los Angeles Times
“He then used those records to concoct fanciful allegations of mortgage fraud, which he referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution.”
From Los Angeles Times
But that charge was barred by the statute of limitations, so the district attorney went to work concocting a felony, which has a longer statute of limitations.
“Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life,” he once said.
The longer the scene, the more likely it was mostly concocted inside a computer, obviating multiple takes, camera angles and union personnel waiting around to engage in spurts of frenzied action.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
