Sentence examples for likely specious from inspiring English sources

We have some pity for the carmakers, because while customers complain about the usability of such technology, those same buyers seem to want all the gadgets just because they lend some (albeit likely specious) credence to the very high prices luxury cars command.

Here are mine: First, the argument that older people are favoured because they are more likely to vote is specious.

Act like them without being specious.

But Katurian, like many fiction writers, considers the truth specious.

The more startling a paper's claims, the more likely it is that others will try to replicate it and, if the claims were specious, fail.

Protesters are much less likely to participate in collective action if they know they can be arrested for oftentimes specious reasons, detained for long periods of time and then inconvenienced for months – even years – before they see a day in court.

Finally, Nunes and Drèze learned that the endowed progress effect is more likely to operate when consumers are provided with a reason for the endowment, even if that reason is specious — such as, "Our company is considering a rewards program; would you like to participate?" Programs On The Increase.

And all specious.

It's completely specious.

The reasoning is specious.

It was specious.