Sentence examples for preposterous terms from inspiring English sources

He rambled for nearly an hour and a half, on script and off; he flung insults at reporters; he announced that he was having fun; and he congratulated himself so many times and in such preposterous terms ("this Administration is running like a fine-tuned machine") that the White House press corps could only stare in amazement.

It says here that big-time college sports have virtually nothing to do with education, so let's get over the sham fears of disrupting our scholar-athletes (that preposterous term).

Also lower is the frequency of words like "Obama-mentum," "McCain-mentum," "Hucka-mentum," and "Mitt-mentum," which are the grandchildren of "momentum" but more directly related to "Joe-mentum"–the preposterous term Joseph Lieberman coined in 2004 to describe his purported political power.

But even before any of that seems clear, he is reluctant to even talk to Tami about her incredible (or rather preposterous, in terms of any allegiance to realism) job opportunity as the dean of admissions at a prestigious northeastern college.

This is preposterous policy because long-term interest rates mirror inflationary expectations.

That their season is being talked about in those terms may seem preposterous but the truth can no longer be denied – a team who cantered to the title six months ago are involved in a relegation scrap.

When the history of the physical barriers constructed along the Mexican-American border is read in these terms, it is preposterous to pretend that the wall-building techniques used by the Chinese in the eighth century to control their borders will still be useful in the 21st century.

And the UK government has used every manner of evasion – including trying out the preposterous argument that because the term genocide was adopted by the UN in 1948, it couldn't be applied retrospectively.

A Davis family friend terms the entire lawsuit "preposterous" and calls the assault allegation a "vicious lie," saying Raynes has received plenty: "The Davis family trusts have paid out close to $100 million to Patty".

The term "third-hand smoke" sounds preposterous.

Here we lay out the terms of the debate...has the poppy become preposterous?