outlandish

Example Sentences

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The first, “The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit,” seemed to take zaniness to outlandish operatic extremes, which led to the orchestra commissioning the next three.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Baldwin argues claims around the possibility of recall are outlandish, but also something that the court shouldn’t be addressing.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

If MSG Sports splits up, a possible scenario is that an outside investor buys a minority stake in one of the team owners at some outlandish premium and injects fresh capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

John Cornyn winning the primary generally sounds a lot less outlandish than it did a few days ago.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

On a long table, also heaped with old books and papers, the proprietor was writing tireless prose in purple letters, somewhat outlandish, and on the loose pages of a school notebook.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez