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

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

It’s a movie about death, honor and the desire to take control of fate that is also a knowing exploration of the preposterousness of such notions.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

But it’s clear that he misses the preposterousness he’s had to put on hold for close to a year.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2021

The next moment he grinned at the sheer preposterousness of the idea.

From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman