Sentence examples for a preposterous claim from inspiring English sources

Rose insists that Gust has no real competition–a preposterous claim that might set off seismographs in San ­Francisco, where AngelList matches 3,200 investors with 12,500 entrepreneurs.

This is a preposterous claim.

It's a preposterous claim, of course, but some took it seriously.

The Republican spin-masters whipped this into a preposterous claim that Obama denied American entrepreneurs any credit for their creations.

A preposterous claim, no doubt, but it was a reminder of a time when the greatest fighter on earth realised there was a limit on how far you could test the gullibility of the public.

That may seem a preposterous claim for a man who started his career as a cook in the navy, and whose restaurant – his sole restaurant, it should be pointed out in these days of far-flung culinary empires – only seated 50 people a night at the height of its renown.

Not knowing the error rate is bad enough, but some experts consistently testify under oath that their technique has an error rate of zero, an inherently preposterous claim.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity makes an even more preposterous claim in opposing any intervention by us: "Iran has not sought a nuclear weapon, and the country's leader declares such weapons contrary to Islam".

He could stand at a microphone in a small Iowa town and make the preposterous claim that health care reform was a fundamental assault on American liberty and connect with voters who sensed that he shared their unfounded fear of government.

Essentially, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, a senior cleric, made this preposterous claim while leading the Jumma prayers in Tehran.

It's a reaction to Mr. Gingrich's preposterous claim in Monday night's debate that he and Ronald Reagan created 16 million jobs, and that he and Bill Clinton later created another 11 million.