Tom and John concocted a plan to escape from the detention camp.

Apparently, it was his jealous mistress who prepared that nasty chemical concoction. I hear the wife took one sip of her morning coffee and collapsed without so much as a word.

On Israeli radio, the most bizarre myths concocted by the American and European far right are treated as though they go without saying and serve as a boogyman to scare anybody who might want to push for more moderate policies.

What's that you're drinking?" "It's like a health drink that Mary's concocted from all sorts of natural ingredients. Tastes quite good. Fancy a cup?" "Er, nah, I'll give it a miss, thanks."

I concocted an excuse for missing the party.

On the table, reposed a nut cake which she had baked that morning . . . a particularly toothsome concoction iced with pink icing and adorned with walnuts.

The herbalist will concoct a potion for that.

Sami made Layla drink this horrible concoction.

To attract sharks, scientists prepare a special bloody bait concoction known as "chum".

Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted.