No, it was a made-up story, just to get her scared!

But she didn't have many of those, and the children liked her made-up stories better anyway.

Believe me I am not just giving you some made-up story here.

Life is filled with terrible things that can only be explained in a made-up story.

Dad kept telling me to go right down to the city and make sure he published nothing, not even a made-up story.

How did he fool people for half a century, and even get the made-up story in the newspaper?

Many books, movies, and television shows tell made-up stories about the past.

Movies, television shows and books that tell made-up stories about the future are called science fiction.

Well, there's really no such thing as a good made-up story, is there?

"They told me the whole thing is a lie, just a made-up story," she said.