made-up
Example Sentences
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Made-up stories, even stories of impossible things, are ways for us to mentally rehearse our responses to different social outcomes.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2020
Made-up cultural figures, as opposed to characters in a specific story, seem to occupy a kind of purgatorial middle space for youngsters.
From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2020
Made-up psychological mumbo jumbo to mitigate responsibility reflects poorly on the mental health profession.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2013
Made-up words like "footing", to mean jogging, have crept up recently....
From BBC • May 24, 2013
Made-up stories don’t interest her unless they contain a lot of real things: toasters, ironing boards, the wardrobes of movie stars.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
