Sentence examples for doing the improbable from inspiring English sources

So how has Nadal managed to come within one win - twice - of doing the improbable clay-grass double, and be in with a realistic chance of doing it this year?

ZHUJI, China — One of the most feared men in the worldwide pearl industry these days is a muscular, Ferrari-driving 40-year-old who is doing the improbable: growing pearls that are nearing the highest quality and may be affordable for middle-class Americans.

Simply believing in doing the improbable catapults you into the top five percent of the population.

Baker had done the improbable: he had evened the match while tiring and frustrating Simon.

Instead, she has done the improbable, translating the topic of campaign finance into a viral video.

Then Hudson, battling nerves and rejuvenated Yankee hopes in their raucous stadium, did the improbable.

Now, with a record of songs by the lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, he has done the improbable again.

It's that he has done the improbable — he's made the Democrats look like a credible alternative.

But on Thursday, in the teeth of a huge, unusually hostile crowd at Camden Yards, they did the improbable in the eighth inning.

Van Gogh did the improbable, winning by trying too hard — banging into limits that disintegrated, as profound inventions of linear rhythm and color harmony transfigured dicey motifs.

Abbott has done the improbable, and come up with a perfect cast which is as diverse as the city in which it is set: Manchester.