How to Use conspire in a Sentence

conspire

verb

• Events conspire to leave her alone on the streets of London.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2021
• They’re set to conspire to deliver us a mid-March snow event and a wild ride to get there.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Events conspire to leave her alone on the streets of London (more detail would spoil things).
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2021
• The government implores all guests to conspire on the dance floor.
  — Nehemiah Markos, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
• The big question is whether broader trends will conspire to drive rates back down.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 8 July 2022
• Here’s hoping the Reds conspire to make the first-day concepts linger all season long.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
• Time, space, laws, facts, rocks, relatives, debts, and taxes all conspire to thwart the will and worry the mind.
  — Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• Several forces conspired against the Redbox deal from the start.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 June 2024
• The affair was heinous enough, but did Mossler conspire to commit murder — more than once?
  — Longreads, 17 Nov. 2021
• Suffering from a chronic case of small heart, the Grinch and his pet dog Max conspire to steal all the presents from the citizens of Whoville.
  — Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
• Any flying object, from a bee to a bird to a plane, has two major forces conspiring against it.
  — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• Fifty of the men were identified by the Navy as leaders, and were charged with conspiring to commit mutiny.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
• Bailey was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to kill Brach.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
• Under the new law, people who commit or conspire to commit FGM can face up to 10 years in prison.
  — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2021
• But the long wait ended when Jake and his sister conspired with the school to set up the ultimate surprise return.
  — Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
• But the wind seemed to conspire against her, rebuffing every effort to turn her boat west.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• How will Marguerite fare among those of us who conspire to accept mediocrity?
  — Julius Taranto, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• In spite of a few spasms of numbing air, strong jet stream winds may conspire to keep the coldest air of winter north of Minnesota.
  — Star Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
• Or will Ken conspire against Barbie and become the villain of her story?
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 15 June 2022
• The change led the seven to conspire to kill members of Mexican Mafia and the Sureños, according to the indictment.
  — Chron, 9 Apr. 2022
• Trump has been charged with four counts related to conspiring to obstruct the results of the 2020 election.
  — Tobi Raji and Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• According to Andrew's cousin John Bowes Lyon, the families had conspired to force the groom-to-be's hand.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Nov. 2019
• Asked him about the propriety given he’s charged with conspiring to help Egypt.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
• Events conspire to lead Natasha to Yelena, now played by Johansson and Pugh.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
• Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate, where all of these local guilds had conspired to reduce trade.
  — Mene Ukueberuwa, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
• Yet three factors are conspiring to bring that figure down.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• The proportions of your limbs, the stiffness of your tendons, and your movement history all conspire to make your knees unique.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 5 Jan. 2021
• He is also charged with conspiring to overturn the election.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 22 May 2024
• But whatever forces must conspire to raise up a settlement passed over the riverside site.
  — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• If convicted of his charges of conspiring to destroy an energy facility, Russell could face 20 years behind bars thanks to a prior conviction and the potential penalty for his current charges.
  — Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025