Sentence examples for Ludicrous from inspiring English sources

The word 'Ludicrous' is correct and commonly used in written English
It means absurd or ridiculous in a laughable way. Example: The idea of a dog driving a car is absolutely ludicrous.

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Ludicrous

adjective

Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.

  • He made a ludicrous attempt to run for office.

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Karl Oyston did finally return her calls on Friday to tell her it was for security reasons, but the police have made sure everyone knows it is nothing to do with them and the idea is frankly ludicrous.

He looks sheepish and laughs: "Look, were one to say Ruskin's entire view were beside the point, it would be outrageous – ludicrous.

It's a ludicrous spotlight they're under.

The Americans can't be bothered, and the Europeans persist in dishing up ludicrous amounts of black tea.

In the final cut, the white actors look ludicrous under caked-on bronzer, their inauthentically blue eyes emphasised by heavy Egyptian kohl.

It was just after midnight soon after Real Madrid had beaten Elche thanks to a ludicrous late penalty and Spain's national police force were overrun with people reporting a robbery, so they responded with a tweet: "We've had over 120 mentions about football in the last 10 minutes.

The "make-up" of the three Cabinet ministers is as close an approximation as possible to the features, dress, and manners of the originals, and the fun of the thing consists partly in placing them in ridiculous situations, and partly in making them utter ludicrous exaggerations of the sentiments which they are supposed to profess or act upon in their public conduct.

A long leader, Memos put an end to the ludicrous idea that Britain's monarchy is politically neutral, made out a reasonable case for disclosure.

It was certainly noteworthy that in his recent interview in this newspaper, Clarke complained of the "ludicrous cycle of ridiculous housing booms followed by housing crashes".

"I would have said very clearly that the party has a proud record of non-violence, and the suggestion that we would ever be supporting Al-Qaeda or IS or any terrorist group is ludicrous.

You will lose your talent for drowning out the truth: that clubbing is an activity so ludicrous, if you had to explain it to an alien you'd want as few visual aids as possible.

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