Sentence examples for on the preposterous from inspiring English sources

Shapiro does not waste words on the preposterous, but he does uncover the mechanism of fantasy and projection that go to make up much of the case against Shakespeare.

It's a weepie as well, one that verges on the preposterous at times but that still has a considerable emotional kick.

This is 'verging on the preposterous' according to the Monterrey Institute.

The Randy-Stephanie subplot is unpersuasive, and the last few twists of the Randy-Cassidy romance verge on the preposterous.

Keanu Reeves acquits himself well enough in the fight sequences, but likewise struggles to give feeling and meaning to lines that frequently verge on the preposterous.

For all his faults Martínez has always talked a good game, even if some of his relentless optimism bordered on the preposterous.

And it makes for a gallopingly fun read: dark, disturbing and teetering blissfully – and, mostly, knowingly – on the brink of the preposterous.

People whom she had crossed at HarperCollins -- Judith ain't no powder puff -- piled on, culminating with the preposterous charge of anti-Semitism.

But to get in on this bargain, do we have to go on buying the preposterous idea that we are saving 100,000 barrels of oil with every additional day of daylight saving, which Congress has been peddling since 1975?

"Gura's argument would be fine, except that it's contradicted by reality," said Klukowski, who called Gura's comments about the NRA's emphasis on lobbying "the preposterous bloviating of an insufferable narcissist".

And having just sentenced Miss Suu Kyi to another 18 months' house arrest on the most preposterous of charges, just as repressive.The first real sign of America's new approach came in New York on September 29th, when Kurt Campbell, an assistant secretary of state, met U Thaung, Myanmar's minister of science, technology and labour.