Sentence examples for preposterous requests from inspiring English sources

He learns that asking for favors in a friendly and open way sometimes motivates strangers to say "yes" to his preposterous requests.

The night before I got married, my brother sat me down in a curry house in Ripon and asked me to give him all the reasons why this was the right thing to do and write them on a napkin…" This was a preposterous request because "commitment exceeds your capacity to explain it".

Since her son was standing next to me, it was really an effort to keep my composure while discreetly cursing her and the preposterous request.

Chateau is writing in answer to Weinberger's request for details about the "nauseating" and "preposterous" bill run up by Tuffy.

The specific request by General Motors and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that controls Chrysler, is preposterous: billions to help pay for a merger of dubious value.

Sounds preposterous?

"That's preposterous.

Absolutely preposterous".

Preposterous, right?

HOW preposterous?

— seems preposterous.