Sentence examples for close to preposterous from inspiring English sources

Six weeks ago, the prospect of Boston's winning the conference title, or even still playing in June, seemed close to preposterous.

Russell has both simplified and juiced a tale that is already close to preposterous; he has created a fantasia told from the point of view of two con artists, a man and a woman (based loosely on Weinberg's mistress).

Tea service there will run you $46 a person, which comes pretty close to being preposterous, especially when you see the size of the six savories and sweets you choose from a menu of 10 items.

Coming from most other performers — even most other stand-up comics — such a statement might seem coy, if not outright preposterous; from Galifianakis, it comes close to being credible.

Some of the wilder comment has even come close to accusing Mr Hagel of being an anti-Semite.This is mostly preposterous.

"The idea that New York State could reap anywhere close to $135 million in tax revenue within the next several weeks is preposterous," the governor's spokesman, Peter Kauffmann, said.

It would have been preposterous to call Brown boring while he hunkered down close to home, engaged in countless hours of behind-the-scenes talks and negotiations, because he's always quite interesting.

She faces appalling and occasionally preposterous circumstances with a mixture of innocence and skeptical intelligence that is close to heroic.

But a source close to the Bo family told BBC Beijing correspondent Martin Patience that allegations against the family were "preposterous" and that the claims were part of a smear campaign against the family.

African Union officials dismissed that as preposterous, saying the organization had complained to Sudanese officials about bombs dropped too close to its base.

It would be preposterous for Thiam to be rewarded with a bonus for 2010 when the cost to stakeholders of terminating the transaction was close to £400m".