Sentence examples for considered preposterous from inspiring English sources
Ten days ago, the idea of some Guantánamo Bay arrangement in the heart of Europe would have been considered preposterous, and Klarsfeld's proposal vanished.
In the 20th century, it was considered preposterous to build traditionally in an industrialised world that was exploring space, developing computers, and feeding and educating its people like never before; indeed, it's telling that modern architecture only became discredited when the crises of the 1970s kicked in and progress itself was put in doubt.
At that time and place, not only would a same sex wedding be considered preposterous.
His theory was rejected and ignored and considered preposterous because he was not able to explain how a tiny particle could lead to our very huge and very old universe.
But the fact that it is considered preposterous for a writer -- a writer who writes about anything, even wallpaper -- to not dismiss Bay's work in the most vehement of terms points up a dramatic disconnect between the critical community and the movie-going audience.
In an extreme case, personhood could be even used to justify legal measures that most would otherwise consider preposterous.
He considered salad preposterous, unless it contained foie gras.
In the United States a majority of respondents in recent years told pollsters that they believed in angels, while in Europe the issue was apparently considered so preposterous that no one even asked the question.
"Contrary to the prevailing CITES theory that this ivory sale would flood the market in China, which EIA considered a preposterous notion, the result was that the Chinese government bodies decided to sell only five tonnes a year.
Fuller has adapted himself so well to the extreme mobility of his present life that he considers it preposterous to be asked where he lives.
Experts in international law consider it "preposterous and completely implausible" that the president would be unaware of systematic and widespread killing and torture.
