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.
• This is a move that was conceived over time.
  — April 16, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• As if he'd been conceived in a lab based on parts of past greats.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2018
• 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
• The equal-time rule was conceived at the dawn of the broadcast age.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
• But this is not the first strobe weapon ever conceived—not by a long shot.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
• It was based on a story conceived by Kang.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
• That’s where all my kids were conceived and that’s where they were grown, in my tummy.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 4 July 2024
• The couple has been trying to conceive for more than six years.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• Ben was born after the couple tried for three years to conceive.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2020
• Luther conceived of a church in some ways very close to Catholicism.
  — Marilynne Robinson, New Republic, 12 Dec. 2017
• So they were conceived to have woodchipper mouths that spit out the back.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
• Not a mass force, but a very effective and well-conceived force.
  — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2020
• The main deck was conceived as a loggia, or roofed terrace, on the sea.
  — Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
• To me, 30 seemed like the right age to start trying to conceive.
  — Kaelyn Forde, Allure, 30 May 2018
• Was that part of how this character was conceived?
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
• The second one left her unable to conceive.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
• In the process of trying to conceive, couples often use the word we.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 8 June 2022
• There was nothing tame about the dog of the heavens as conceived by the ancients.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• And when was 65 conceived in relation to the rest of your work?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
• Aviva and Sam try and try and try to conceive a child the old-fashioned way.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022
• This is, after all, the brand that conceived the racing machine on the wrist.
  — Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• That’s why experts caution against its use by men trying to conceive.
  — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
• Lewis cannot seem to conceive that perhaps this kid was just a cruel and callous piece of work.
  — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
• Slepian had been conceived through a sperm donor, his father confessed over the phone.
  — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
• History will show that the attempt was not well conceived.
  — Paul Bernstein, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
• Beauté was conceived as a platform to help scale Richemont’s fragrance brands.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
• For years, the couple tried to conceive and had three miscarriages.
  — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2021