absurd

Example Sentences

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It was so absurd a thought that my brain refused to accept it.

From Literature

There was yelling and booing and people crying, it was big and rousing, boring and absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gates's spokesperson has previously called the claim "absolutely absurd and completely false".

From BBC

While software stocks were never his focus, due to “absurd” multiples and paying up to 60 times revenue for businesses that hadn’t worked out how to make a profit, they’ve now got his attention.

From MarketWatch

“People don’t understand how absolutely absurd it is to operate up there.”

From The Wall Street Journal