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
It’s a fantastic sketch that, despite its preposterousness, undoes any neat distinction invoked in the title of Odenkirk’s memoir between “comedy” and “drama.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 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
Wholly embracing its preposterousness, this sprightly, enjoyable show is a huge improvement on its source: a humorless, casually sexist 1980 movie from Clint Eastwood’s ill-considered comedy phase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2019
She was as preposterous as Reggie; but she was not, like him, conscious of her preposterousness.
From Kimono by John Paris
