Sentence examples for downright preposterous from inspiring English sources

That this sixth sense doesn't feel dramatically clumsy or downright preposterous is one of the film's subtle but significant achievements.

Ellis thought scissors was a downright preposterous spelling of sizerz, and he went about calculating how many other ways the word could be rendered.

The country, including many top figures within the GOP itself, is struggling to come to terms with the unthinkable, the unconscionable, the downright preposterous: in theory, Trump is now one short hop away from the White House.

Radar Pictures has been responsible for a pretty mixed bag of movies, from the sublime (David Twohy's excellent 2000 slasher in space Pitch Black) to the downright preposterous (Richard Kelly's 2009 sub-Twilight Zone thriller The Box).

If Dean Poll had seemed nouveau riche to some New York foodies — in 2010, The New York Observer derided the Boathouse's "Pottery Barn décor" and "suburban blandness" — the idea of two crepe-sellers from South Philly was downright preposterous, especially when reports surfaced that Caiola's brother-in-law is Kevin Sheekey, a former New York City deputy mayor.

Any claims that FDA guidelines are being followed would be preposterous, if not downright illegal.

Stories that are preposterous, inane, moving and downright dull.

Marcus, a science writer and managing editor of Anesthesiology News, and Oransky, a doctor who is also executive editor of Reuters Health, take pleasure in skewering scientific behavior that ranges from clumsy and preposterous to devious and downright criminal.

I'm always tempted to say, "Do you have a few hours?" I feel that my response sounds preposterous, like an exaggeration or even a downright lie.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD Preposterous but also likable and, when you think about it, downright inevitable: an ambitious and heavily tattooed band able to broker a truce between screaming emo and decadent hair-metal.

From on-air performances of bodily functions (Howard Stern to weaving tales of preposterous conspiracies (Oliver Stone), these controversialists make a name for themselves by stirring up trouble, pointing fingers or just being downright obnoxious.