Sentence examples for improbable undertaking from inspiring English sources
Marriage, too, is an expression of a desire to wed the rational to the irrational: it is the most sensible, practical way of living in the world that has thus far been devised and, at the same time, life's most improbable undertaking.
So wrote Nicolas Bouvier in 1963, reconstructing from his diaries an improbable journey across Eastern Europe and Asia undertaken some 10 years earlier with his friend, the artist Thierry Vernet.
Here, late in life, Buffon undertook an improbable series of experiments, having molten balls of iron of different sizes carefully measured to see how long it took them to cool down.
With no hope of being rescued from Elephant Island, Shackleton resolved to undertake the vastly improbable and daring voyage for which he would become justly famous.He and five of his men embarked upon an 800-mile odyssey back to South Georgia.
As for your correspondent, since a further encounter with the charming Miss Blunt seems altogether improbable, I will decline to undertake a second voyage to "Gulliver's Travels," chusing instead to devote myself to the preparation of my customary Holiday Feast, a delectable Stew made from the flesh of Irish Babies.
Following Mithridates' retreat to Armenia, Appian estimates Lucullus' invading force to be only two legions and 500 horsemen, although it is highly improbable that he would have undertaken the invasion of Armenia with such a small army.
It seems improbable that this was a pregnancy undertaken lightly.
But if we foolishly demand a pivot to Carson's "policies," we run the risk of missing the real promise of his candidacy -- the opportunity for this entire country to undertake a series of improbable and implausible thrill rides that push us beyond the boundaries of our mortal bodies and into the great wide yawning universe of experiences beyond perception.
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The universe's enormousness lets you undertake a personal Star Trek voyage, seeking out new worlds and boldly going where it's highly improbable anyone will have gone before.
