Sentence examples for sheer preposterousness from inspiring English sources
But the sheer preposterousness of my undertaking made it existentially irresistible to my teacher and me.
To the extent that "Revenge" and "Missing" exhibit senses of humor, the jokes aren't stitched in but develop naturally out of the sheer preposterousness of the shows' situations.
As the two Togolese journalists sitting next to me, having passed through anxiety to anger to resignation, giggled at the sheer preposterousness of it, Togo's players reacted furiously.
The sheer preposterousness of the idea of a woman's giving birth to a sprig of myrtle is typical of the naive tale.
I didn't expect a laugh, but it got one, probably due to the sheer preposterousness of the idea that I might be able to become black, in the same way I might become a dentist.
For much of its fast-paced running time, the film, which involves an after-school fight between two polar-opposite teachers, is just amusing enough to make up for its sheer preposterousness; it operates in such a seemingly far-fetched world that logic is out the window at pretty much hello.
But none of them really capture the sheer level of trenchant preposterousness at which Muse operate.
"It's about the preposterousness of celebrity, the preposterousness of fame," he says.
Sheer fear, sheer terror.
"Substituting preposterousness for imagination" says it all.
