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Definition of the day : « preposterous »

  • adj ridiculous, bizarre
Example sentences :
  • How preposterous in him to mention his dead sister's name to her!
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • It was to him preposterous, for she was one of that underworld against which he was ruthlessly at war.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • They created the most preposterous romances; and could not get the credit of creating them.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • What proof have you, woman, of your preposterous allegation?
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 » by Various
  • All too fearfully I divined their preposterous significance.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Your demand is preposterous, but we have to agree to it, as we cannot help ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
  • Did it imply that Richard was in any way involved—but that was preposterous.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • I may say it of our preposterous use of books,—He knew not what to do, and so he read.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The idea that he did not love Nellie I knew was preposterous.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But St. Auban had a bargain to drive—a preposterous one methought.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini