preposterousness
Example Sentences
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Perhaps by now you’ve picked up on the preposterousness in this parade of terms.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025
Granting the preposterousness of the whole idea, he is genuinely nonetheless curious about what it would be like to have this kind of experience.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
When she first came to Los Angeles 50 years ago, its whimsical preposterousness was her “personal welcoming committee to the city.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
But she’s also fully clued in to the preposterousness of a 24-year-old millionaire singer issuing prescriptions, and the soporific luxury of her lounges on the beach.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2021
As she came in contact with life, warm, breathing vitality, an instantaneous conviction of the folly, the preposterousness of her own fears, came over her.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Caroline Lee Hentz
