Sentence examples for preposterous positions from inspiring English sources

Pinned to the walls are magazine cuttings and computer printouts of people in what she calls "preposterous" positions: society ladies in ball gowns making breakfast, actresses who are completely naked except for a designer handbag and costume jewellery.

But in fact, polling shows that American voters simply are not so gullible that they buy either of these preposterous positions.

That's a preposterous position.

Eliminativism may at first seem like a preposterous position.

"Rudy's preposterous position is compounded by the fact that he professes to be a Catholic" Bishop Tobin wrote.

This seemed a preposterous position, but if it gains momentum in academic circles and adherents on the court, Title VII is one of scores of measures that could end up on the chopping block.

Scottish Finance Secretary, John Swinney, described that as a "pretty preposterous" position.

It's a preposterous position: We shouldn't protect ourselves because of a treaty signed with a state that no longer exists.

So skeptical was Michaels and everyone else of such a seemingly preposterous position that he put a disclaimer at the beginning of the piece, saying, in effect, that this was Jerry Flint's opinion and nobody else's.

There is no dignity in remaining silent in the face of press attacks where I am placed in the preposterous position of having to disprove unfounded rumors.

Angela Canterbury, director of public policy at the Project On Government Oversight, argues that the Justice Department is "taking a preposterous position" and "undermining" the promise to help the Camp Lejeune victims made by President Barack Obama when he signed the Janey Ensminger Act in August 2012.