How to Use concoct in a Sentence

concoct

verb

• She concocted a stew from the leftovers.
• The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York.
• Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Yuudai and Taka try to concoct a plan to make this all better.
  — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 29 May 2018
• Farm-to-table fans often request a chef to concoct pasta dishes with homegrown ingredients.
  — Donna Bulseco, WSJ, 15 May 2018
• Emilia eventually concocts a risky scheme to reunite with her family under the guise of a relative.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
• Stretched across panels were vivid patchwork fabrics concocted from unsold or worn bits of Eileen Fisher garments.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2018
• Wolfe kept up his penchant for concocting new words in the go-go ’80s, such as his coinage of plutography, a play on pornography.
  — Ben Zimmer, The Atlantic, 15 May 2018
• But David Korins is best known for concocting a set for one of the most successful musicals of all time, Hamilton.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 24 May 2018
• Now Elitzur and Cohen have teamed up with Okamoto and Takeuchi to concoct an even more mind-boggling experiment.
  — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 21 May 2018
• Cities usually try to incentive growth, keeping business taxes low or concocting tax incentives.
  — Nour Malas, WSJ, 24 May 2018
• Hyman and his team also concocted a devilish backstory for Tony to explain some of his ostentatious wealth.
  — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
• Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life.
  — Nelson Pressley, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
• No one but Tennessee Williams could have concocted it, but anyone other than John Huston should have directed it.
  — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 23 May 2018
• Sit at the bar, and the bartender/owner, a Tennessee native named Braden, will guide you through the menu and happily concoct a cocktail tailored to your every and any whim.
  — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 10 May 2018
• While performing this duty, prosecutors said, Franklin concocted a scheme that involved money being garnished from city funds in the names of her relatives.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
• However, Shoji cooks for only around 10 groups per month, concocting dishes like an uni tarte and tilefish with white asparagus consommé.
  — Kat Odell, Vogue, 17 May 2018
• But this approach is at odds with the false suspense the rest of the show attempts to concoct.
  — Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024
• Then Preller, who had nine years to concoct this mess, goes on Zoom with the media and proclaims all’s right with the world.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• Irsay would roll out of bed and concoct a protein shake with raw eggs.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2022
• No one knows for sure who first concocted the theater’s recipe.
  — Emily Cochrane Audra Melton, New York Times, 18 May 2024
• In the backyard is a small barn where Jacobs concocts and woodsheds his melodies.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2024
• In Episode 12, Heather called Jen Shah to help concoct a cover story.
  — oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2023
• That said, Marvel can concoct all sorts of ways of getting Iron Man back for at least one more project.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 27 Dec. 2022
• Nature has always had the ability to concoct nasty pathogens, from the plague to the Spanish Flu.
  — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2024
• The story is the stuff of fables: A boy, a girl and two fathers who concoct a feud to try to bring them together.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• The cocktail first was concocted in 1915 by a bartender, Ngiam Tong Boon.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
• But other men love Callirhoe, too; at the start, three Suitors concoct a scheme to break the couple up.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2022
• The pair took a boat to France which didn't require a passport (a plan concocted by Blunt), and from there made their way to Russia.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 17 Nov. 2019
• The two of them then concoct a plan to encourage other wealthy elites to invest in his mines, and pocket the money.
  — Kari Sonde, TIME, 14 May 2024
• Bear has concocted a plan that relies on skills that his friends don’t possess.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024