invent
Example Sentences
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Page makes the tendentious claim that Shakespeare invented the villain, then walks it back to explain exactly what he means.
From Los Angeles Times
His insistence that the story about Jean and Stephen is true only makes it seem likely to be invented.
And yet I’ve been here too often lately, holding an expensive glass slab that can’t do the one thing phones were invented to do: make a call.
But rather than inventing an excuse, you can simply say: "That's not for me today."
From BBC
The way was shown by Jay Cooke, who in financing the Union’s Civil War efforts essentially invented the investment bank.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
