vraisemblance

Example Sentences

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By-the-way," he said, "let me say parenthetically that I think our foreign trips will have a far greater vraisemblance if we heighten the illusion with a few photographs, don't you?

From The Water Ghost and Others by Bangs, John Kendrick

This, on the whole, has more vraisemblance than the idea of Theodotion, who states that it was the priests who undertook the task.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

And, much as it may lack vraisemblance, either of those suppositions is of course within the bounds of possibility.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

Following two or three recalls, a large sheaf of roses had been passed over the footlights; for a close imitation of professional procedure was held to give the advantage of strict vraisemblance.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake

Mr. Hale's historical scholarship and his habit of detail have aided him in the art of giving vraisemblance to absurdities.

From Initial Studies in American Letters by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)