How to use "concoct" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "concoct" in popular movie and book plots

  • Against Speed's orders, she and the rest of the group, including Sparky's son and Racer X, concoct a plan to disable Leland Industries' security and delete any of their ulterior motives, while Jennifer, Spritle and Chim-Chim stay on lookout.  - Speed Racer: Race to the Future
  • The witches also concoct a potion to erase memory that Jíra falls victim to, but he succeeds in remembering his identity.  - Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker
  • Prior to an International Labour Day celebration, government officials concoct a false flag assassination plot to foment public support for legislation of the National Security Law.  - Ten Years (2015 film)
  • She tries to concoct a scene by following her brother's pamamanhikan in the province, revealing further details about the woman's family.  - My Kuya's Wedding
  • Still determined not to remain the victims, Ann and Terry concoct a ploy to overpower their captors, the Bradleys are beaten and the girls escape, during which the monument room of embalmed women is set alight and the previous victims’ bodies are seen to take their revenge from the beyond taking their murderers with them into the blaze.  - Any Body...Any Way
  • Together they: concoct a plan to turn him in on prison planet Viderdoom, collect the bounty, and then steal the remaining funds from their jailer, Bligh.  - The Black Vortex
  • Fearing that Lamson's death will result in violence between Rick's group and Lieutenant Dawn Lerner's (Christine Woods) crew, Rick and Officers Shepherd (Teri Wyble) and Licari (Christopher Matthew Cook), the other two captured cops from GMH that were captured along with Lamson, agree to concoct a story that Lamson was killed by walkers.  - Coda (The Walking Dead)
  • But as soon as all suspicions are averted, Atterbury begins to concoct a new experiment.  - Wink of an Eye (film)
  • With the help of garage owner, Sattarbhai (Satish Shah), all three of them concoct a plot to kidnap Rahul Saxena, hold him for ransom, while Raja takes his place.  - No. 1 (film series)
  • The difference in opinion leads to a dispute that prompts Samiha’s father to concoct a seduction plan with which Hussein would woo Samiha.  - A Rumor of Love
  • So, they concoct a clever story in which Kunal convincingly "forgets" the Pizza bag at the "haunted" bungalow which mr Kapoor would never enter into, thanks to his fear of supernatural powers.  - Pizza (2014 film)
  • Together, the two concoct a plan to induce a heart attack in Alice by gaslighting her, effectively murdering her yet leaving no evidence of the crime.  - What Became of Jack and Jill?
  • So, they concoct a clever story in which Rudra convincingly "forgets" the Pizza bag at the "haunted" bungalow which Ratul would never enter into, thanks to his fear of supernatural powers.  - Golpo Holeo Shotti
  • In the meantime, Ginny and Tony concoct a lie that Anna has stolen the horse, fueling Garrett's determination to buy the Peterson homestead and send Anna's family back to Australia.  - The Rogue Stallion
  • O'Neil and Pamela's defence solicitor concoct an arrangement where Pamela won't be charged with Tedford's death if she volunteers to be an Army nurse in France.  - Women in War
  • As Sonic battles his way throughout the Lost Hex, the Deadly Six concoct a plan to capture Sonic and turn him into a robot under their control, but they end up accidentally capturing Tails instead.  - Sonic Lost World
  • As the st Ambrose dance arrives, Verena and Momo concoct a plan to cast the boys' academy in a bad light, by spiking the fruit punch with alcohol from the chemistry lab and feeding them Tweety's ipecac to induce vomiting during their choir performance; Verena then plants empty liquor bottles in their school bus.  - All I Wanna Do (1998 film)
  • At first, things seem to go smoothly until King and his friends become trouble with Max and Therese and they both suspect he may be a drug dealer, so Max and Therese concoct a plan to have King move out of their neighbourhood.  - The King is Dead (film)
  • So, they concoct a clever story in which Michael convincingly "forgets" the Pizza bag at the "haunted" bungalow which Shanmugam would never enter into, thanks to his fear of supernatural powers.  - Pizza (2012 film)
  • They concoct a plan to foll Sivagurunathan.  - Thillu Mullu (2013 film)
  • Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island.  - The Forsaken (novel)
  • Claude and the count concoct a plan to deceive the creditor.  - The Lovable Cheat
  • Kirby is eventually restored to his human form when Donatello manages to concoct another Kraang chemical called retro-mutagen, which causes organic beings to reverse their major physical transformations, and help keep it away from formerCRI inventor Baxter Stockman, who gets mutated into Stockman-Fly while under Shredder's employ.  - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)
  • When Cameron comes back to renew his relationship with Anne and forsake his life on the sea, Chief and the boys concoct a sinister plot to do away with the intruder.  - The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (film)
  • Back at D-NA the gang concoct a plan.  - OverBlood 2
  • Office romance, in which Hec is in love with secretary Pat, and fellow secretary Miss Janus, older and wiser, takes it upon herself to concoct a plan to help him receive the empty-headed Pat's affections.  - After Office Hours (1932 film)
  • Upon release, the three come together late in the evening and go to a restaurant where, at the end of a memorable binge (tagliatelle, tripe with tomato sauce, oxtail, asparagus, mozzarella with tomatoes, lamb with potatoes), and concoct a clever ruse to escape and cheat the owner Attilio.  - Il minestrone
  • There, they concoct a potion that makes from them bulletproof.  - Nikola Šuhaj loupežník
  • Aware of her addiction to multiple medications, he uses his knowledge to concoct some pills containing a lethal dose which he slips amongst her habitual supply.  - Forbidden (1949 film)
  • With the help of garage owner, Sattarbhai (Satish Shah), all three of them concoct a plot to kidnap Rahul Saxena, hold him for ransom, while Raja takes his place.  - Anari No.1
  • The next day (the first day of previews), Sharpay and Roger concoct a plan to remove Amber from the show.  - Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
  • The trio concoct elaborate, custom, and sometimes expensive ruses to deceive the women.  - Heartbreaker (2010 film)
  • He visits a fortune teller who tells him she will concoct an anti-wedgie elixir.  - Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers
  • Samir, Akbar, and a kitchen staff first update the restaurant's look and then with knowledge of eccentric characters concoct the most magical and mouth watering dishes in what soon becomes the best little Indian restaurant in New York City with booming business.  - Today's Special (film)
  • The three concoct a plan for him to get together with her by throwing a housewarming party for himself and Chuck at their apartment, and invite their coworkers.  - Chuck Versus the Three Words
  • Shizuku begins to concoct a fantasy story featuring herself as the female protagonist, the Baron as the male hero who is looking for his lost love, Louise, and the cat she followed from the train (who is, among other names, known as "Moon" and "Muta") as the story's villain who took her from him.  - Whisper of the Heart
  • Emma helps reconcile Terry and Maris, but Mickey is kidnapped from the hospital, and Emma and Terry concoct a plan to rescue him from his captors.  - So's Your Aunt Emma
  • Burly and his players concoct a plan to have another woman, hidden by shadows, pretend to be Darryl's wife, telling him everything he wants to hear.  - The Slugger's Wife
  • With the help of a contact Marie had, they concoct a plan play a gig on a cruise liner and thereby leave the country.  - Bandits (1997 film)
  • They seek help of two others liliputs that concoct the plan and lead the rescue action but unfortunatedly both die before reaching Drawerland.  - Kingsajz
  • At gunpoint, Wallace makes Maxine concoct an antidote to reverse his hallucinogenic frame of mind.  - Hell and Back (comics)
  • One day, he is asked by his boss, Yan (Liu Xinyi) to help concoct a fake alibi for him regarding a potential scandal with an actress.  - Lost and Found (2008 film)
  • Sam also learns that Malestrazza was the mastermind behind the murders and is dumbfounded that people believe that a factory worker could concoct such a scheme of entombing people.  - Walled In
  • Sonny kills Mel with the same frozen ham she killed Marie with, and tries to concoct a story to cover all of it.  - Don McKay (film)
  • Balking at this proposition, the kids concoct a variety of moneymaking schemes, all of them doomed to failure.  - For Pete's Sake!
  • She and the lodgers concoct a scheme to return the fur coat before its owners realize its absence.  - Make Mine Mink
  • This works for a while, but his brothers concoct another scheme to get rid of him: getting him to accompany them on a boar hunt, trying his legs to the saddle and making his horse bolt off.  - Firebird (Lackey novel)
  • After his friend, a successful young artist, is killed in a car accident, Tom Ripley (Pepper) and his friends hide his body and concoct a scheme in which they forge his paintings, eventually making a great deal of money.  - Ripley Under Ground (film)
  • In attempt to bring normalcy back to their little town, some of the sheriff's posse concoct a scheme to trick Morgan and his hombres into thinking that there are three famous marshalls headed into town to bring back law and order.  - Merry Mavericks
  • Just outside, Jimmy Five and Smudge concoct an "infallible plan" to steal Monica's blue toy rabbit, Samson.  - Uma Aventura no Tempo
  • After exhausting their savings, they concoct a devious scheme in order to save the gallery in this screwball comedy.  - Peoria Babylon
  • Once released she meets Joe Garson (Armstrong), an experienced crook, and together they concoct a breach of promise scam to be perpetrated upon the well-heeled elderly.  - Paid (1930 film)
  • Durgadas's relatives, Iqbal Nath, his daughter, Rekha; a cousin, Satwani, and her son, Anokhey; along with Advocate Ramesh Khanna, conspire with each other and concoct of plan - a plan so devious that will not only entrap Billoo and Gayetri in it - but also make them loathe the day they met Durgadas.  - Jwaar Bhata
  • They concoct a scheme whereby Amar would steal gold bars and jewellery from a safe, then phone the police, let Raja take over, get arrested, get a prison term for about 12 to 18 months.  - Viduthalai (1986 film)
  • Irving and Edith concoct a scheme for her to deposit Hughes' check, payable to Hughes, into a Swiss bank account, using a forged passport with the name Helga Hughes.  - The Hoax
  • After the narrow escape, the boy's friends meet secretly in his room in order to concoct a plan to foil the Mayor's scheme.  - Lil' Pimp
  • Arriving at their aunt and uncle's house, the two concoct a story indicating that they are traveling across the country to meet up with their mother who had recently acquired a new place of employment.  - Passage to Zarahemla
  • The two girls concoct a plan to find out why they were separated by their parents.  - Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen
  • To get out of this predicament, Michael must concoct a plan to steal a payroll being transported by his armored car company.  - The Underneath (film)
  • It is implied that after Steven and Callie discovered that Kastleman was the killer of the previous massacre, Harry took it upon himself to concoct the entire massacre to bring publicity for the film.  - Return to Horror High
  • When the glasses are eventually traced to Nathan, Richard helps him concoct an emergency alibi and coaches him in how to answer the cops ("I'm Trying to Think").  - Thrill Me
  • At Bimbo's Experimental Laboratory, Bimbo and Koko concoct a variety of compounds and elixirs, including a drink that is so hot it turns a black cat into a dragon head, as well as turning the cat into a white and black striped one.  - Betty Boop's Penthouse
  • Carcetti believes that Royce is holding off on shutting down the Hamsterdam zones so that he can first concoct a story claiming that it was part of an enforcement strategy.  - Mission Accomplished (The Wire)
  • The lives of two young women collide in Victorian England when a group of thieves concoct an elaborate scam to defraud a young heiress of her inheritance.  - Fingersmith (TV serial)
  • This allows Lelio to concoct fabulous lies and convince Rosaura that he wishes to marry her.  - The Liar (Goldoni play)
  • Hank starts to concoct another story to tell the authorities.  - A Simple Plan (film)
  • The intoxicated guests make Blackadder's situation even more difficult by being very rowdy, annoying and destructive, causing him to concoct increasingly ridiculous stories and lies to conceal what is going on from his aunt and uncle.  - Beer (Blackadder)
  • Nicole sneaks to the convertible where she fills a whiskey bottle that she had retrieved from a nearby Park Ranger's station and fills it with gasoline in order to concoct a makeshift Molotov cocktail to use against her attacker, should he return.  - Rest Stop (film)
  • In order to be together, Mini and Martin concoct a plan to have Mini's mother Diane (Carrie-Anne Moss) declared insane.  - Mini's First Time
  • The president and his secretary Wurm (Ferdinand's rival) concoct an insidious plot, arresting Luise's parents for no reason.  - Intrigue and Love
  • When the Emersons return to Luxor, they concoct a story that for most people would be implausible, but does bear some resemblance to previous adventures, so no one asks much about it.  - The Golden One
  • Todd and Dussander concoct a ruse, having Dussander go to French's appointment while posing as Todd's grandfather, Victor.  - Apt Pupil
  • They concoct a scheme whereby Amar would steal gold bars and jewellery from a safe, phone the police, let Rajesh take over, get arrested, and get a prison term for about 12 to 18 months.  - Qurbani (film)
  • Adrift, she and her six-year-old sister Ellie (Charlotte Eve Blythe) concoct magical rituals and have visions of fallen angels and the Virgin Mary; reading signs in the way a towel falls off a chair or a tool falls off a truck, they set off to find their way to heaven.  - Angela (1995 film)
  • Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor, Sinister Hulk (Jesse White), and his gang (with Buster Keaton as Chief Rotten Eagle and Bobbi Shaw as the Swedish Helga) concoct a scheme to separate Aunt Wendy from her cash.  - Pajama Party (film)
  • With the help of the crooked family lawyer, Trench (Peter Arne), they hire witchdoctor N'Galo (Harry Baird) to concoct a drug to put Sir Edward into a deathlike trance.  - The Oblong Box (film)
  • Though they try to avoid the duty, and then concoct a plan of escape from their apparent sentence to oblivion, Festina and Yarrun must accompany Chee to the surface of Melaqiuin.  - Expendable
  • Matthew and Danielle then concoct a scheme to convince Betty to reconsider.  - It Wasn't Meant to Happen
  • Later that day, Number Six meets another prisoner who tells him about jammers, people within the Village who concoct false assassination plots, which Control is obliged to investigate.  - It's Your Funeral
  • But then Billy Minsky (Elliott Gould) and the show's jaded straight man, Raymond Paine (Jason Robards), concoct a plan to foil moral crusader Vance Fowler (Denholm Elliott), who is intent on shutting down the theater.  - The Night They Raided Minsky's
  • The plan that they concoct works, leaving Avoca, Carelli, and their men dead.  - Catchfire
  • They concoct a scheme to free the children and the village from the Baron.  - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • The ponies send out a search party to find Baby Lickety-Split and Spike, while Hydia decides to concoct the Smooze, an unstoppable purple ooze that will bury and destroy everything in its path.  - My Little Pony: The Movie
  • Then his family concoct a plan to have him seen to by an eminent psychiatrist in the hope that he is found 'potty' and can not give their money away.  - Sheppey (play)
  • In November 1959, Perry Smith (Robert Blake) and "Dick" Hickock (Scott Wilson) concoct a plan to invade the home of the Clutter family, as mr Clutter supposedly keeps a large supply of cash in a safe.  - In Cold Blood (film)
  • The demons, not wanting to return to Hell, concoct a story that Nul broke out of jail and slew dozens of guards in his escape.  - Nil: A Land Beyond Belief
  • Wiggum muses on the evil the brothers could concoct while locked up together; in reality, the brothers merely continue to bicker childishly, as Bob is still angry at Cecil for making Bart his nemesis again.  - Brother from Another Series
  • Finally fed up with being mistreated, Willard and his best friend, local chicken restaurant owner Rusty (Dave Chappelle), concoct a scheme to kidnap the dog and hold it for a $1,000,000 ransom.  - Screwed (2000 film)
  • While the Batman attempts to concoct an antidote from the Joker's infected cellular structure, Alfred discovers that Dracula once had a vampire bride, Carmilla Karnstein, who met her demise when she was exposed to sunlight.  - The Batman vs. Dracula
  • Sax, who also came to Lowell because of the Great World Snake, lives in the forest in the neighboring town of Dracut, where he conducts various alchemical experiments, attempting to concoct a potion to destroy the Snake when it awakens.  - Doctor Sax
  • Not wanting to go to jail, she convinces her husband to confess to the killing and they concoct a story that would set him free after the trial.  - The Unholy Wife
  • To salvage their reputation, the trio concoct a false story to the housing administration about Paul's attitude and have him thrown out of the dorm.  - Loser (film)
  • They concoct a plan to make a motor boat out using spare parts and fuel from the car they arrived in.  - Mind Game (film)
  • Enraged, they call the police and concoct a story to implicate all 3 of them in the kidnapping.  - Hera Pheri (2000 film)
  • When he realized that this man had no memories of his past, he told him that he is Veer & concoct a past for him, because they feel the need to have a son.  - Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge
  • The two concoct an escape plan, but during their attempt they are quickly tracked by the ELT.  - Proof of Life
  • The two concoct their own scheme to do away Arthur and make it look like suicide.  - Guilty Conscience (film)
  • It is revealed that the Sorceress is seeking not the baby dragons themselves, but merely their wings to concoct a spell that can grant her immortality.  - Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  • In prison, Glossin bribes McGuffog to obtain access to the smuggler's cell in order to concoct a defence.  - Guy Mannering
  • J-Man and Tim concoct a plan whereby J-Man would discover the horse and claim the reward, splitting the proceeds.  - Envy (2004 film)
  • They imagine this "Miss Crabtree" to be a dried-up old hag, and concoct a plan to disrupt the class with items such as a white mouse, red ants, and sneezing powder.  - Teacher's Pet (1930 film)
  • As the two crazed druids concoct a number of skin-coloring magic potions, Asterix tries to get Vitalstatistix into good physical shape for the fight, mainly by jogging.  - Asterix and the Big Fight
  • When they meet their childhood heroes, 1970s soul duo Swanky Modes (Sam Moore and Junior Walker), Ivan and Josh concoct a scheme to give them a new audience by hijacking a Menudo concert, getting them to perform in Menudo's place, and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook-up.  - Tapeheads
  • They concoct a plan to earn her enough money to purchase the property.  - The Affair of the Necklace
  • Cordelia sympathises with Miss Leaming and the two, in spite of not liking each other, concoct a story to protect Miss Leaming from the police.  - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
  • In an attempt to escape, she and Antonio concoct a story that Antonio has swindled her out of her fortune and must flee into exile.  - The Duchess of Malfi
  • The Lieutenant also discovers a tabloid newspaper in their truck with headlines about aliens, hinting that they used the article to concoct their story.  - Fire in the Sky
  • Although he was Shamed as a result, he was able to use his powers to not only concoct deadly toxins that he could control in his body, but he also manipulated Shimrra into convincing the rest of the Yuuzhan Vong into invading the galaxy; therefore, throughout Shimrra's reign, it was Onimi who had really been controlling the Yuuzhan Vong as its true Supreme Overlord.  - The Unifying Force
  • Trevanny is unable to explain it to her and turns to Ripley to help him concoct a credible story.  - Ripley's Game
  • They concoct a tale about her father Gilbert having had a stroke and being on the verge of death, and her mother Miriam travels to India in hopes of convincing her to come home, with no success until she suffers a serious asthma attack.  - Holy Smoke!
  • They concoct a fake persona, a young woman named Keiko, to seduce the Japanese man who knows the watermark code.  - Pattern Recognition (novel)
  • The Maniac manages to concoct a story on how the anarchist died: one of the impatient policemen hit the anarchist in the neck, an ambulance being called; the anarchist then being led to the window for fresh air, and pushed accidentally out of the window due to uncoordinated balance between the two policemen leading him to the window.  - Accidental Death of an Anarchist
  • Anderson and Ward exploit the new information to concoct a plan, luring identified KKK collaborators to a bogus meeting.  - Mississippi Burning
  • The men carefully concoct a cover story for the authorities about Drew's death and disappearance being an accident, lying about their ordeal to Sheriff Bullard in order to escape a possible double murder charge.  - Deliverance
  • He calls upon Robin "Puck" Goodfellow, his "shrewd and knavish sprite", to help him concoct a magical juice derived from a flower called "love-in-idleness", which turns from white to purple when struck by Cupid's arrow.  - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Example sentences for "concoct" in interesting articles

  • Other times he’ll concoct acid mixtures in his kitchen, which he uses to burn away the resin atop microchips and expose the secrets hidden inside.I first hear about him from a hacker contact, who mentions that Mike stalks internet criminals in his spare time.  - Scammed
  • For most of the ’90s, the government’s “compromise” on this issue — or its (pipe) dream — was that you could concoct a system where everything was locked down tight, but some carefully designed kink in the process would let the Feds get the information if they really wanted it.  - Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again?
  • Try to concoct THEIR argument, not your own.  - An open letter to Paul Graham
  • For most of the ’90s, the government’s “compromise” on this issue — or its (pipe) dream — was that you could concoct a system where everything was locked down tight, but some carefully designed kink in the process would let the Feds get the information if they really wanted it.  - Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again?
  • But that same freewheeling climate is what made it possible for the stubborn doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering to concoct their non-cure.  - A disturbing report from the front lines of the war on cancer
  • Sure, one could concoct their own unique encryption algo, but countless pitfalls abound for crypto beginners! Luckily, that doesn't appear to be the dilemma here (if we are to believe "the math is good"). The problem appears to be systems being subverted prior to any encryption ever actually taking place.  - The NSA Is Breaking Most Encryption on the Internet
  • Bakers concoct space cakes, cosmic brownies, and various Scooby snacks. Shaz has recently been making the rounds of dispensaries handing out samples of his cookies and chocolates.  - Meet the Marijuana Snack Kings of the Future

Meaning of "concoct" in English

  • make a concoction (of) by mixing
  • devise or invent
    Example
    - no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
  • invent
  • prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

Meaning of "concoct" in Hindi

  • पचाना ( Pachana, pachanaa)
  • पकाना ( Pakana, pakanaa)
  • उपाय करना ( Upay karana, upaay karanaa)
  • रचना ( Rachana, rachanaa)
  • गढना ( Gadhana, gadhanaa)
  • गढ़ना ( Gadhana, gadhanaa)
  • तैयार करना ( Taiyar karana, taiyaar karanaa)
  • कूट रचना करना ( Kut rachana karana, koot rachanaa karanaa)

Synonyms of "concoct"

  • think of
  • dream up
  • hatch
  • think up
  • cook up
  • trump up

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