vraisemblance

Example Sentences

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Between the preacher and the pews there is certainly neither affinity nor vraisemblance.

From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)

His reply was: "I was just fourteen, and I played the soubrette characters in an amateur company—a line that I could hardly assume with any degree of vraisemblance now."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various

Well, that image walked quietly upon the stage, so perfect in make-up that you longed for some error to break the terrible vraisemblance.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

He was, indeed, a master of the spoken word, and possessed a miraculous power of giving to the wildest fancies an air of vraisemblance.

From The House of the Vampire by Viereck, George Sylvester

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