Sentence examples for preposterous explanation from inspiring English sources

The authorities offered a preposterous explanation: the men tunneled out of their cell with spoons and table legs and emerged in the bathroom of a neighboring mosque.

In the fictional world of propaganda, even preposterous explanations fly in the face of reason.

Her husband said she used to believe whatever her clients told her, accepting preposterous explanations for crimes.

The authorities, and Breen in particular, find this explanation preposterous despite being shown the recording of Barbara's vision.

If we genuinely accept that a believer in the resurrection can be intelligent, but also think that any intelligent person would find the idea of the resurrection preposterous, the most charitable explanation is that intelligent believers are as aware of the implausibility of their beliefs as anyone else.

The new explanation is preposterous, and America's moral compass has come completely unmoored if we don't take action.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn). said the explanation was "preposterous" and called for U.S. action against the Saudis.

What is really going on with these preposterous photo-ops?The superficial explanation is that they are part of the increasingly sinister personality cult the Kremlin has cultivated around Mr Putin, especially since he reassumed the presidency in 2012, after the four-year stint as prime minister that constitutional niceties required.

Krakauer offered a harsh assessment of McChrystal's conduct during that period and even stressed that the General's explanations upon reflection were "preposterous" and "unbelievable".

But it would be preposterous to think this is the only explanation for the increase in cases being referred to social services.

The presentation would also have been stronger had Sís given some explanation for why evolution seemed so preposterous, even blasphemous, to Darwin's contemporaries.