concoction

Example Sentences

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We are always more afraid of something if it sounds like an artificial concoction rather than a natural product, even though asp venom and great white sharks are perfectly natural.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

But domestically, factories and shopkeepers have to contend with a concoction of issues, including persistently weak consumer spending and tighter safety regulations.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The cabbage concoction “is good, but by itself, you can only take so much of it, really,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

“Never will I be in a greater state of absolute bliss than whilst I use this holy concoction, in the form of a bar of soap, to rub across my body,” wrote a third.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

Not true, the Ferris Company said; the story was the concoction of a reporter “short on news and long on invention.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson