How to Use conspire in a Sentence

conspire

verb
Definition of conspirenext
Synonyms for conspirenext
  • Events conspire to leave her alone on the streets of London.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2021
  • They’re set to conspire to deliver us a mid-March snow event and a wild ride to get there.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Events conspire to leave her alone on the streets of London (more detail would spoil things).
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2021
  • The government implores all guests to conspire on the dance floor.
    — Nehemiah Markos, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The big question is whether broader trends will conspire to drive rates back down.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 8 July 2022
  • Here’s hoping the Reds conspire to make the first-day concepts linger all season long.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Time, space, laws, facts, rocks, relatives, debts, and taxes all conspire to thwart the will and worry the mind.
    — Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Several forces conspired against the Redbox deal from the start.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 June 2024
  • The affair was heinous enough, but did Mossler conspire to commit murder — more than once?
    — Longreads, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Suffering from a chronic case of small heart, the Grinch and his pet dog Max conspire to steal all the presents from the citizens of Whoville.
    — Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Any flying object, from a bee to a bird to a plane, has two major forces conspiring against it.
    — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Fifty of the men were identified by the Navy as leaders, and were charged with conspiring to commit mutiny.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
  • Under the new law, people who commit or conspire to commit FGM can face up to 10 years in prison.
    — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2021
  • But the long wait ended when Jake and his sister conspired with the school to set up the ultimate surprise return.
    — Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • How will Marguerite fare among those of us who conspire to accept mediocrity?
    — Julius Taranto, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Or will Ken conspire against Barbie and become the villain of her story?
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 15 June 2022
  • The change led the seven to conspire to kill members of Mexican Mafia and the Sureños, according to the indictment.
    — Chron, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Trump has been charged with four counts related to conspiring to obstruct the results of the 2020 election.
    — Tobi Raji and Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Asked him about the propriety given he’s charged with conspiring to help Egypt.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Events conspire to lead Natasha to Yelena, now played by Johansson and Pugh.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
  • He is also charged with conspiring to overturn the election.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 22 May 2024
  • He was accused of conspiring with drug cartels to move more than 400 tons of cocaine toward the United States.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • This is just another example in a long list of democrats and the media conspiring against Trump attempting to thwart the will of the people.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • In the book, white supremacists conspire to bomb FBI headquarters and spark a wider war against the government.
    — Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The weather may yet conspire against me, and 3 or 4 minutes of totality will be lost under a ceiling of clouds.
    — John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • There, a group of suspects had allegedly conspired to steal more than $1,000 in merchandise.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
  • Firm greens, thick rough, unpredictable winds and the pressure to win will conspire to produce a Sunday for someone to cherish.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Right or wrong, the feeling that greater forces conspired against the Bucks has been baked into how Milwaukee fans view all their sports and their small-market status.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Trump is charged with illegally conspiring to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
    — Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Harvard, Yale and dozens of other top private universities in the U.S. are accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to overcharge students for their tuition.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024

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