Sentence examples for previously absurd from inspiring English sources
Johnson brought the previously absurd prospect of a sub-19-second 200m and sub-43-second 400m into view - he did in fact cover both distances in those times, albeit in relays, but in individual events both barriers still look out of the reach of mere mortals for the foreseeable future.
As for the Queen of Dragons herself, she finally has the runtime for a couple of plum, talky, and (as always) wine-heavy scenes with Daario and Tyrion that manage to challenge gender roles, communicate the sorrow of choosing ambition over personal desire, and surprise us with Tyrion's earnest faithfulness in a man to whom faith was previously an absurd notion in Daenerys.
Some analysts have speculated that Greece could be forced from the euro zone, a view that the European Central Bank president, Jean-Claude Trichet, who also appeared on the panel, has previously dismissed as absurd.
Government officials had previously labelled Mr Nisman's allegations absurd.
It was not a courageous choice, but at least it was an admission of what I had always previously denied: my courtship of the mountains was absurd.
That made it seem absurd to leave his philanthropy until old age, as he had previously intended.A lot of giving is stimulated by personal experience.
Greek iconoclast Lanthimos previously brought us Dogtooth and Alps; working in English hasn't blunted his savage sense of the absurd.
In Pakistan, where San Bernardino massacre suspect Tashfeen Malik had previously studied, one of the country's most prominent human rights lawyers, Asma Jahangir, called Trump's speech absurd.
