ludicrous
Example Sentences
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“Optical is heading into ludicrous speed,” Mizuho managing director for equity trading Daniel O’Regan said in a note to clients about Monday’s trading action.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The men taking aim at Megan, and it is mostly men, mock her supposedly ludicrous expectation that any man with a multimillion-dollar net worth would remain monogamous.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
And about that three-point game: If it were made today, West’s ludicrous, better-than-half-court shot at the buzzer in the third game of the 1970 finals would simply win the contest, not send it into overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Greg's described the challenge - dubbed Radio 1's Longest Ride with Greg James for Red Nose Day - as his most "ludicrous challenge" yet for Comic Relief.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
And anyway, the idea that we would celebrate anything right now is so ludicrous I don’t continue.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing ludicrous
A Raisin in the Sun
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The Hunger Games
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