How to Use conceive in a Sentence

conceive

verb

• As conceived by the committee, the bill did not raise taxes.
• When the writer conceived this role, he had a specific actor in mind to play the part.
• So they were conceived to have woodchipper mouths that spit out the back.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
• The pair had been matched by an international breeding program but failed to conceive over the past four years.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022
• Few of Bruno’s contemporaries could even conceive of the idea that there might be something in space beyond what the eye could see.
  — Charles Cockell, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
• Adrienne Bailon has been an open book about her struggles to conceive with husband Israel Houghton.
  — Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
• This information can helpful for those trying to conceive or avoid conceiving.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 23 Sep. 2022
• Like all Moser movements, this one is gorgeously conceived, constructed and finished.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
• In his absence, Brazil seemed bereft, adrift, unable to conceive of how to win the game without its leading man, the player to whom the team, as much as the country, was in thrall.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• Its curvy supporting arches, which are being built from local brick, are conceived as hollow structures with openings that capture the wind and channel air into the building.
  — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
• The actress’ fertility issues and her inability to conceive put a great deal of stress on her relationship with Miller.
  — ELLE, 29 Sep. 2022
• From its earliest beginnings, the project was conceived as a father-son vehicle that would allow both Damons to share the screen on a more regular basis.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
• Smith was therefore unable to conceive of a society that would permit—much less protect—concerted action, as ours strives (however imperfectly) to do.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
• She wasn't involved in the study but said that typically, there's a reason people go the frozen embryo route, and that reason is quite different from someone who's able to naturally conceive.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
• The couple had been open about their efforts to conceive, with Heather documenting her fertility journey on Instagram.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
• It’s hard to conceive, but the 2020 race would have been even tougher.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• A lot has changed since the project was first conceived.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
• To me, 30 seemed like the right age to start trying to conceive.
  — Kaelyn Forde, Allure, 30 May 2018
• As if he'd been conceived in a lab based on parts of past greats.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2018
• And when was 65 conceived in relation to the rest of your work?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
• That is, until the teens begin to doubt the premise of the game and the society that conceived it.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 13 Feb. 2020
• The house was conceived to flow from room to room without any doors!
  — Christiane Lemieux, House Beautiful, 6 Mar. 2020
• The time away also gave you more time to conceive the new stage show.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
• But this is not the first strobe weapon ever conceived—not by a long shot.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
• Aviva and Sam try and try and try to conceive a child the old-fashioned way.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022
• The baby is conceived from a donor egg and the sperm of one of the intended parents.
  — Avichai Scher, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2020
• Luther conceived of a church in some ways very close to Catholicism.
  — Marilynne Robinson, New Republic, 12 Dec. 2017
• In the process of trying to conceive, couples often use the word we.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 8 June 2022
• The tiny baby sweater Okun knits helps her to conceive of new life after the death of two friends.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 9 Apr. 2018
• That’s where all my kids were conceived and that’s where they were grown, in my tummy.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 4 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024