Sentence examples for preposterous waste from inspiring English sources

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"This was going to be a preposterous waste of resources and money.

To get knotted up about spoiling the end of any television series is simply a preposterous waste of anyone's energy.

While the procedures may have been civilized, the feelings were bitter; Republicans called the exercise an important and needed display of "justice for judges" while Democrats said it was a stunt and a preposterous waste of time.

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The process of planning the future of the World Trade Center site was irreparably damaged by the energy wasted in that preposterous effort.

Shapiro does not waste words on the preposterous, but he does uncover the mechanism of fantasy and projection that go to make up much of the case against Shakespeare.

In his testimony, Luttig wasted little time before blasting the NLRB, calling the complaint "preposterous on its face" and "a breathtaking substitution of the [labor] board for management in the running of an American company".

That letter was a little preposterous to suggest that more pesticides are a good thing, and that people really shouldn't waste time growing food for themselves.

The "debunking" remark was cute as if immigration experts were going to waste their time tallying up valedictorians versus drug smugglers in order to disprove an obviously preposterous ratio, which Mr. King obviously pulled out of thin air.

Sounds preposterous?

Preposterous, right?

Absolutely preposterous".

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