Sentence examples for appears ridiculous from inspiring English sources

Taken by itself, as a blanket comment that all tales of woe under the new law are false, Reid's first statement appears ridiculous.

When actual joy, passion or even humiliation are evident, the Superhooker appears ridiculous, like Miss Piggy in an otherwise conventional adaptation of "Little Women".

This flailing recalls Baudelaire's poem about the albatross, which glides effortlessly above the sea but when brought shipboard appears ridiculous, its giant wings impeding its movement, making sport for sailors.

The man who once held them rapt from the pulpit now appears ridiculous up there — "like a big tractor being driven by a teenage kid, slipping in and out of gear" — and his daughter has started screaming and spitting in kindergarten.

The ICA is a place where we can have that debate, where all that can be discussed and debated and, in a way, even exploited.' The uproar that followed the Tate Gallery's purchase of Carl Andre's notorious bricks appears ridiculous now, he argues, and is a good example of how we British do like to worry.

While there has been seed stage inflation, it only appears ridiculous for YC companies.

She was also simultaneously a deep talent and a cheap gag; someone it was OK to ridicule because her calamity was so outsized it appeared ridiculous.

Today such attitudes appear ridiculous and offensive.

The secret of genius is never fearing to appear ridiculous.

But its purpose is to make everyone involved, especially Mr Blunkett, appear ridiculous and venal.

In recent years the royal show has appeared ridiculous to a growing minority of Britons.