Sentence examples for might be preposterous from inspiring English sources

The movie's circumstances might be preposterous, but "Ruby Sparks," being released Wednesday by Fox Searchlight, speaks to the universal pain of having to reconcile your dreams about someone with an actual person.

There might be a preposterous dismissal, bringing a smile to those who cannot abide him and welcome his ostracism; or it might be an innings beyond the scope of any cricketer of his generation, which leaves everyone else gasping.

The consensus states "Tony Scott tries to combine action, science fiction, romance, and explosions into one movie, but the time travel conceit might be too preposterous and the action falls apart under scrutiny".

That would be preposterous.

"We find this thesis to be preposterous".

It might be a slightly preposterous plan, but it's not insane.

That South Africa's first patch of common ground might be a rugby field was preposterous on the face of it.

He will always be sitting at the ready, as dignified and composed as an amiable University professor of music in his crisp, starch white shirt and tie Abbey Road uniform, ever the lanky, tall, grown-up dad in the room, ready to lovingly translate without an ounce of judgement or prejudice whatever musical whim request comes up, no matter how challenging or preposterous it might be.

Although most people would find this suggestion preposterous, the functionalist might be committed to it if it turns out that the functional relations that are constitutive of mental states are defined in terms of the firing patterns of neurons.

The program was formed to explore an idea that even twenty years ago would have seemed preposterous: that placebos — given deliberately — might be deployed in clinical practice.

This sometimes led to defensive or even defiant answers, or deflecting questions with humour in an apparent attempt to illustrate how preposterous it was to suspect that they might be suffering from depression.