plausibility
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Plausibility complaints always feel cheap, but “Longing” strains credulity well past the breaking point.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024
Plausibility, or the art of making the impossible seem natural, requires more scrupulous attention to behavioral detail.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2020
Plausibility: 50% Making Star Wars claims that insiders describe Luke as “creepy and frightening in appearance” and you can see “the fire in his eyes.”
From Time • Nov. 20, 2015
Plausibility is not remotely the point, of course.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2013
Plausibility, even within the limits of his bizarre plan, is not Mr. BURROUGHS' strong suit, but exciting incident, ingeniously imagined and staged, with swift movement, undoubtedly is.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing plausibility
"The Minister's Black Veil," Vocabulary from the short story
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Lesson 6
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Characters: The People in Fiction
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