Sentence examples for makes it preposterous from inspiring English sources

An Irish Catholic, Mr. Breslin cannot escape the cruel paradox that the very institution he now detests -- "this club of old men, this Catholic church that refuses to open its arms for so much good, makes it preposterous, and in my book pure evil" -- helped form in him a love for the poor and a passion for social justice.

But the sheer weight of numbers of these rumors makes it seem preposterous that we'll have to wait much longer for AirPods 2. A release before December seems unlikely and, to be honest, I'd have bet against a release after that.

The caricatures painted by true-believers on each side may make it sound preposterous, but the truth is, each has a legitimate role.

Maybe because there's no way to describe this droll fantasy that makes it sound anything other than preposterous.

(He also wears a Drifters era wig so preposterous it makes it hard to take anything he says seriously. Lamentably, the director never explains whether his macabre hairdo is a cultivated look or a side-effect of his medication). Jackson has come to believe that Willis is his polar opposite, a superhuman figure whose bones are not subject to the usual rules of osteopathy.

'Zither' is delivered in a tone midway between Blackadder and Julian Clary, making it clear that however preposterous the word might sound, it is nothing compared to actually sharing a stage with such an instrument.

Their resilience to come back with ten men, salvaging a point courtesy of Alexis Sánchez's first league goal since October, does not make it feel any less preposterous that they lost so meekly against Swansea City and Manchester United in their previous two league fixtures.

Asked if he was a fan, the inflection in Mr. Griffin's voice made it clear the question was preposterous.

But the changes that worry her the most are not that the wealthy have crushed the spirit of the place, or that preposterous home prices will make it impossible to raise a family.

"She's relentlessly shrill and coarse in her broad-brush denunciations of Islam and makes preposterous claims," it said.

Which is what makes this preposterous, joyless, nannying intervention so alarming.