Sentence examples for they are improbable from inspiring English sources

Described by its producers as a Merchant Ivory film with comedy, Hysteria's humour derives chiefly from the surprise of its subject's origins, which are as little known as they are improbable.

The New Yorker, July 10, 2000 P. 83 Briefly Noted book review of "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District" (Pantheon; $22) by Ben Katchor... [T]his collection has a distinctly photographic feel; it's not so much a graphic novel as an irresistible scrapbook of snapshots whose subjects are as familiar as they are improbable.

They were improbable hands for a violinist: pink and plump, with short blunt fingers and bitten cuticles.

But it's hard to think of anyone besides Steve Jobs who through the sheer force of will, self-confidence, vision and perfectionism could upend the powerful forces of technology to make so many products that delighted so many people precisely because they were improbable.

Using a similar behavioral paradigm in an fMRI study, Serences et al. (2004) demonstrated that the preparatory activity in the posterior visual cortex was greater when the distractors surrounding the target locations were probable compared to when they were improbable.

The hybrids are improbable, but they respect the old songs' tales of despair and redemption, and they merge the introspection and flamboyance of rural songs and urban jazz.

It is precisely because these women are improbable figures that they are so useful.

Their theories are improbable, implausible".

Her scenes with Eddie are improbable and creepy.

Luli's scenes with Glenda are improbable but amusing.

However, these frequencies of the latter two causes are improbable.