outrageous
Example Sentences
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Maybe he had produced an outrageous piece of skill?
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
"It certainly seems like content that is more outrageous, novel, or weird, gets more engagement."
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Afterward, Lam embarked on “what only can be described as an outrageous and exorbitant spending spree,” Stratton said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
But the great irony of a victory sealed by his improbable 2-pointer was that High Point only found itself in a position to win because of Johnston’s outrageous strategy for shooting threes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
I even started a few rumors that were pure nonsense, lies so outrageous that people would repeat them despite the fact that they were obviously untrue.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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