- present participle of conceive.
conceiving
Example Sentences
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When Ms Park and her husband had trouble conceiving, they looked to fertility treatments.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
It demands conceiving, sketching, lingering; it demands time.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
There is also research to suggest more women in their late 30s will experience difficulties conceiving than women in their late 20s or early 30s.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
One thing he learned in these encounters proved especially illuminating when conceiving his spare performance: “Organizational skills, bureaucratic skills and executive skills is what the Vatican looks for,” he points out.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Because he had no topographic map, however, he had no way of conceiving that salvation was so close at hand.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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