improbable
Example Sentences
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She did not name the member of the staff, and I never asked her who it was, or why she would believe such an improbable thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has DP World racing to reroute cargo around a bottleneck that once seemed improbable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
And there's the allegation that Diana had said the King was in love with his valet, which the author himself says seemed improbable.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
But in recent months, the improbable began to feel inevitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The idea that Holmes might be the cause of Julia’s discontent seemed more and more improbable.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing improbable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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"A Quilt of a Country," Vocabulary from the argument
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"A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen
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