preposterousness

Example Sentences

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Perhaps by now you’ve picked up on the preposterousness in this parade of terms.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

The earnest preposterousness of this sequence, which might have worked on MTV sometime in the early ’90s, is representative of the movie’s silliness and its longing for sublimity.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022

In both novels, the narrators are acutely aware of their preposterousness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022

But she’s also fully clued in to the preposterousness of a 24-year-old millionaire singer issuing prescriptions, and the soporific luxury of her lounges on the beach.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2021

The preposterousness of their greetings appealed to them at that moment and they both laughed.

From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.