Sentence examples for far-fetched assertion from inspiring English sources

PARIS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday that a man overpowered by passengers on a train between Amsterdam and Paris last week had premeditated his attack and dismissed his "far-fetched" assertion he wanted to rob passengers.

Some of its messages were decidedly far-fetched, like the union's assertion that Mr Giuliani scaled back recovery efforts after $200m in gold was recovered from bank vaults at Ground Zero in November 2001.Still, it will shock many who know Mr Giuliani only as "America's mayor" that, revered as he is, Mr Giuliani is also reviled by many New York firemen.

Such assertions are far-fetched, not based on any facts and have been completely discredited (see the work of Anat Admati and her colleagues on exactly this point).

This assertion may sound far-fetched.

At first glance, this assertion might seem far-fetched or even hyperbolic, but I assure you that it is grounded in an uncomfortable reality.

But this is as far-fetched a fantasy as Haye's assertion that the fight would end with Klitschko crawling across the canvas on his hands and knees.

But other assertions can seem far-fetched.

If this assertion seems polemical and far-fetched, ask more than one individual whose work directly involves health if they could provide a definition of health.

The assertion has to be simultaneously far-fetched and entirely convincing for the comic effect to work.

Eventually, the operating systems in Her evolve beyond their human counterparts, so perhaps Stephen Hawking's assertion that robots will take over is not that far-fetched.

To be sure, Gingrich's assertion that "judicial supremacy" is a fraudulent doctrine is not that far-fetched, at least as an historical matter.