Concoction

//kənˈkɒkʃən//

"Concoction" in a Sentence (14 examples)

To attract sharks, scientists prepare a special bloody bait concoction known as "chum".

Apparently, it was his jealous mistress who prepared that nasty chemical concoction. I hear the wife took one sip of her morning coffee and collapsed without so much as a word.

On the table, reposed a nut cake which she had baked that morning . . . a particularly toothsome concoction iced with pink icing and adorned with walnuts.

Sami made Layla drink this horrible concoction.

Tom accidentally got sweetened ice tea instead of unsweetened, but then he couldn't stop drinking the sugary concoction.

Damiano gave Rima a concoction to allow her memory to return.

Oleg tossed the concoction Rima gave him.

Oleg used the concoction to protect himself from curses.

Jekyll turns into Hyde using his concoction.

Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.

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Deer Sperm: In ancient times, this was used as an ingredient on aphrodisiac concoctions. An example of organotherapy.

[Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

At laſt, the Phyſicians, after a long and ſtormie voyage, ſee land; They haue ſo good ſignes of the concoction of the diſeaſe, as that they may ſafely proceed to purge.

There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

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