confabulate

“We know people confabulate details in many situations, but it was neat to see this play out in the context of imagination,” McCoy says.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2023

The two proud dowagers, Lady Lynn and Lady Ingram, confabulate together.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

An' all dem ghostes sicond de motion, an' dey confabulate out loud erbout dat, an' de noise soun' like de rain-doves goin', “Oo-oo-o-o-o!” an' de owls goin', “Whut-whoo-o-o-o!” an' de wind goin', “You-you-o-o-o!”

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough

She does not break the thread of a conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with the servants. 

From Worldly Ways and Byways by Eliot Gregory

If I must confabulate with gentlemen of your kidney, I prefer to keep it dark.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance

Shawn Oakley has shown that it is easy to induce ChatGPT to create misinformation and even report confabulated studies on a wide range of topics, from medicine to politics to religion.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2022

Hecht’s gift for confabulated anecdote suggests one reason that he became so successful as a Hollywood entertainer.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019

Then it started developing as we confabulated for a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2017

Then Michael confabulated much longer and more fruitfully.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2017

She listened and heard, and patched it up with Mr. Rashleigh's dinner-table tale, and confabulated with her cousin, and put him up to this last dodge.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by May Agnes Fleming

He said Dr A and Dr B were "confabulating" events to target him and that Dr B was an unreliable witness due to a previous traumatic experience.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Dr. Ahmed has not personally assessed Mr. Biden but said, in his view, the evidence is “overwhelming” that Mr. Biden is confabulating.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

“Without examining him, I’d say it’s likely that he’s confabulating because he’s not telling the story for any personal gain. Confabulators don’t tell stories for personal gain,” Ms. Dodson said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

The personnel dressed in white jackets the next morning were busy confabulating and joking with one another while cheesy loud music was playing in the background.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019

No need of confabulating there, gemmen, on the knowe—come forward and confront Christopher North.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson