Sentence examples for absurd battle from inspiring English sources

Rushdie's chief obligation is to push the story along, if sometimes awkwardly, as in an absurd battle royal featuring squabbling, mud-wrestling goddesses.

The book encourages the reader to compare the pointlessness of Josh's comfortable life with the high stakes of Klopstock's absurd battle.

Elif Batuman does a magnificent job of guiding us through the labyrinthine world of Kafka's literary estate (or what remains of it among the papers of his longtime executor and friend Max Brod) and the highly contentious, occasionally absurd battle to win possession over it.

I'm writing, of course, about the absurd "battle" – and yes, Fox News did describe it as such – between the White House and House Republicans about the timing of the president's address to the joint session of Congress, slated to take place later this week.

That just prolongs the absurd battle among the disciplines.

It was the most absurd battle you could imagine ever.

Absurd battles follow, and a host of would-be queens vie for attention.

Of course, these claims of lifelike sound from a hand-cranked Edison phonograph now seem absurd, but battles over such claims have accompanied every attempt to imitate natural sound.

"We are very happy that Decc has closed this absurd loophole but the battle against unabated coal is still far from won," Jones said.

How many little girls in our state let their splinters fester rather than face high deductibles, absurd prescription costs, lengthy battles with insurers over what is covered and what isn't?

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney demanded an apology from President Obama on Friday for making what he called "reckless" and "absurd" allegations in an escalating battle over whether Mr. Romney's business record included outsourcing American jobs.