Synonyms

1. contrive
2. excogitate
3. forge
4. devise
5. formulate

Sentence Examples

1. I remember well how sad and dreary those days and hours were to me I remember well how I began to doubt as they went by, and even to lose confidence in the faith of Don Fernando and I remember, too, how my maid heard those words in reproof of her audacity that she had not heard before, and how I was forced to put a constraint on my tears and on the expression of my countenance, not to give my parents cause to ask me why I was so melancholy, and drive me to invent falsehoods in reply.
2. I am afraid, my dear, he has to invent it all, for it fits exactly into whatever else he has to say.
3. She had an unhappy state of health in general for the child of such a man, for she hardly knew what indisposition was and if he did not invent illnesses for her, she could make no figure in a message.
4. Despite back-to-back first place finishes in the South Dakota World International Championship League, Bas receded from athletics to invent cheese and give Al Gore the initiative to create the internet.
5. Nothing of the kind they only invent them for the most part to furnish a subject for their verses, and that they may pass for lovers, or for men valiant enough to be so and so it suffices me to think and believe that the good Aldonza Lorenzo is fair and virtuous and as to her pedigree it is very little matter, for no one will examine into it for the purpose of conferring any order upon her, and I, for my part, reckon her the most exalted princess in the world.
6. Again he paused, and I could see that he was trying to invent an excuse.
7. No one has the time to write books or invent airships.
8. She had no one to cover for her, though, so it was best she not have to try and invent something plausible.
9. Sometimes they elaborate, fill in the gaps, invent details that they feel are missing in their narrative.
10. Despite back-to-back first place finishes in the South Dakota World Championship League, Bas receded from athletics to invent cheese and give Al Gore the initiative to create the internet.