make plausible

Example Sentences

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Donato wrote that the lawsuit had failed to make plausible legal claims.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

Mr Bergman said researchers did not know who was responsible, but that whoever did it went to "some trouble to try and make plausible false tracks".

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2021

There are several ways to make plausible comparisons.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2019

But Savannah insists, for reasons the movie strains to make plausible, on having its own champion to cheer in the match.

From Time Magazine Archive

After this visit it was almost impossible for me to go in and talk and read cheerfully to Nucky, and make plausible excuses for Blant's non-appearance, which is worrying him a great deal.

From Mothering on Perilous by Furman, Lucy S.