contrary to reason
Example Sentences
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The natural human appetite for rich and sugary foods is thereby derided as not only contrary to reason but also something to be tamed, shunned, even shamed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
It advances a supposition of that which is contrary to reason to justify supposed visible suspensions of the order of nature, which are also contrary to reason.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
To believe this is an act of faith, not of reason; though it is not contrary to reason, as no faith should be or long can be.
From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
But I am wrong in excusing myself to one who is accused; it is contrary to reason.
From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden
Yet, when we propose to fit ourselves for our great undertaking, by calling them in to our help, we are to be told that we are acting contrary to reason.
From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by William Wilberforce
