Sentence examples for a ridiculous request from inspiring English sources
To her mother, this is a ridiculous request, not nearly snazzy enough to be amusing.
It's typical that at the last minute, just days before the ceasefire deadline, they put forward a ridiculous request for written guarantees from the opposition".
In the context of claiming value in negotiation, Cialdini calls the strategy the "door in the face" (DITF) technique, playing on the image of a homeowner slamming the door in a salesperson's face after she makes a ridiculous request.
Before anyone suggests that Barber is making a ridiculous request, here are the top five salaries for backs this season, according to figures obtained from the National Football League Players Association: Dorsey Levens ($4.9 million), Mike Alstott ($4.6 million), Jerome Bettis ($4.2 million), Emmitt Smith ($3.6 million) and Robert Smith ($3.6 million).
"Clearly teaching depends on good preparation and rigorous marking of pupils' work and there needs to be an allowance of time for that, but to attempt to limit the number of teaching hours when there is a great strain on finances is a ridiculous request.
This is a ridiculous request, of course.
No wine gums or any ridiculous request like that.
Is it an absolutely ridiculous request?
The only one I've seen recently begs, "Impeach Bush and Cheney," which seems to me a slightly deranged sentiment, reminiscent of the way my 5-year-old daughter will demand something unreasonable and then, knowing there's no chance she'll get it, will add to it an even more ridiculous request.
If more is needed to further flesh out the Buck-is-against-us narrative that seems to follow Fox's A-1 broadcaster on all major events — including the ridiculous request by his bosses to call Thursday's NFL game in Houston between World Series Games 2 and 3 — Buck responded via text late Wednesday night to clarify where he is coming from.
Hannah calls Adam to tell him about the ridiculous request her mother has made, and he clams up a little.
