vraisemblance
Example Sentences
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The value of the unities does not depend either upon their traditional authority or—to use the French expression—upon their vraisemblance.
From Landmarks in French Literature by Strachey, Giles Lytton
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
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
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
