Sentence examples for preposterous development from inspiring English sources

Recently an applicant was told he could proceed with a preposterous "development" if he paid the council £825,000 to be spent on affordable housing – at least in Palermo and Kiev, they have the elegance to take the bung under the table.

Viewers of "Secret Things" will find it impossible not to allow a snicker to occasionally escape, as the film's lurid plot unfolds into ever more preposterous developments.

The director, Leigh Silverman, can do nothing with the play's more preposterous developments — Harper somehow absconds with all the contents of Paul's office, from the walls of books to the last paper clip — but does coax fine performances from the cast that occasionally distract from the play's contrivances.

Let me be clear: I will give loony or preposterous developments a big hug and a glass of wine if a show is rocking my world in some way or other.

Once some Russian gangsters muscle into the story, the book meets its own quota for preposterous plot developments.

We have not apologized for our reaction to this preposterous premise or to the biggest development ever proposed on the South Fork.

In my commentary on Win's report, I noted: "It is simply preposterous and irrational to talk about economic growth or development when a country has 'one of the world's worst health care systems".

To experts on child development, virtually without exception, it seems preposterous to eliminate recess at a time when so many young people are growing obese, and when so many disorders linked to restlessness are being diagnosed among children.

A lot of the developments in "The Finder" are completely preposterous, if you stop to think about them.

Greenberger, a talented explainer, charts the development of more and more complicated and preposterous instruments, ending with credit-default swaps.

Mr. Arnett has proved on shows like "Arrested Development" and "30 Rock" that he is best in the silliest, most preposterous roles, but here he is cast as a fairly normal adult and struggles to break loose.