Sentence examples for specious contention from inspiring English sources

Propelled by frustration, the opposition's resorting to arms would probably serve the interests of the government, adding validity to its otherwise specious contention that it faces an armed insurgency financed from abroad and driven by the most militant Islamists.

The fracas over supplements shines a light on the specious contention that we have to choose between being nannies, or being ninnies.

The whole menace-of-prolixity contention "is the kind of specious argument that I would be using if I were making the case for the typewriter," said Andy Rooney, Mr. Safer's colleague on "60 Minutes," who began using WordPerfect a decade ago.

This is a specious argument.

That is a specious argument.

That is, in part, a specious argument.

This isn't a specious argument.

That is an amazingly specious argument.

But this is a specious argument.

But it is a specious argument.

Members of Congress (who seem to be in a position to know) expose the petitioners' hypothesis as specious, but the government's contention that the phrase was selected as a "term of art" is rather precious.