vraisemblance
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Persons and scenes are brought into juxtaposition, in a manner to violate every principle of vraisemblance.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
Splendid as is the scene between her and Savonarola, the vraisemblance is spoilt by this impossibility of condition.
From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Mrs. Alexander
And, much as it may lack vraisemblance, either of those suppositions is of course within the bounds of possibility.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
Between the preacher and the pews there is certainly neither affinity nor vraisemblance.
From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans
Well, that image walked quietly upon the stage, so perfect in make-up that you longed for some error to break the terrible vraisemblance.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
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