Sami made Layla drink this horrible concoction.

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."

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

Tom accidentally got sweetened ice tea instead of unsweetened, but then he couldn't stop drinking the sugary concoction.

What are you drinking there?" "It's sort of like a health drink Mary has concocted from all kinds of natural ingredients. Tastes quite good. Do you want a cup?" "Er, nah, I'll leave it, thanks."

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

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

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.

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.

I concocted an excuse for missing the party.