vraisemblance

Example Sentences

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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 Alexander, Mrs.

But there was just so much truth in the version, garbled as it was, just so much vraisemblance in the tale that even those who knew the facts, could not wholly contradict it.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

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 Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)

It is impossible to resist this air of vraisemblance.

From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

Mr. Hale's historical scholarship and his exact habit of mind have aided him in the art of giving vraisemblance to absurdities.

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)