Sentence examples for absurd expression from inspiring English sources

The phrase "absurd expression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a phrase or statement that is nonsensical or illogical.
Example: "The idea that we could solve all our problems with a single solution is an absurd expression of optimism."
Alternatives: "ridiculous statement" or "nonsensical phrase".

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The most absurd expression of this arose not out of any duplicity on his own part, but from a legal move made by the Thatcher government, which banned the broadcasting of his voice in the United Kingdom.

Like Trump, Lochte responded to controversy with an "absurd" expression of remorse and a deep sense of entitlement, according to Vanderbilt University Centennial professor of philosophy John Lachs, a specialist in ethics.

On the other hand, expressions are materially absurd if the impossibility of there being any corresponding object is based in the particular material concepts employed, e.g., 'a round square' is a materially absurd expression based in the particular meanings of 'round' and 'square'square

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In Act I a bathroom solo that's nearly absurd becomes an original expression of frustration.

A portrait of a man with a wry expression and an absurd hat, bequeathed to the National Trust as a good but anonymous and relatively low-value 17th-century painting, has been identified as a self-portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn worth up to £20m – though the trust has said it will never be sold.

Expressions are formally absurd if it is a priori that no object could correspond to them, based purely on formal, logical laws, without regard to which particular material concepts are employed, e.g., "a round not-round thing" is formally absurd; its absurdity would remain regardless of which adjective we substituted for 'round' or which noun for 'thing'thing

Creativity always finds an expression, and it would be absurd to suggest that without him, we wouldn't have Boy George or Lady Gaga, Gaultier or Slimane.

Now, Sports Illustrated's Jenny Vrentas has taken the baton from Nolan, letting her facial expressions make clear just how absurd Jones' excuses for Hardy have become. .

The reason for their fame is that they are challenging what they regard as absurd and obsolete restrictions on their freedom of expression.

Similarly, dance is a universal and fundamental form of self expression and its punishment seems utterly absurd and shocking.

It could be there is a certain irony in his expression, as though he were thinking how absurd it is to pay so much attention to such an unprepossessing mug.

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