stretch of the imagination
Example Sentences
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Just like 2024’s troubled “It Ends with Us” — the first big-screen adaptation of one of Hoover’s novels— and last fall’s “Regretting You,” “Reminders of Him” isn’t good by any stretch of the imagination.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
"Zirkzee isn't Eric Cantona, by any stretch of the imagination, but he needed to be out there for physicality, for presence, for experience."
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
However, it does not take a stretch of the imagination to assume such a poor start to the Premier League season will come high on the agenda for discussion when United's top brass meet next.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024
I do feel very connected to Mel in that way, where the show is not by any stretch of the imagination a near death experience, but it is the death of a lack of self-confidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
“Two: Piper Milly’s winning science project was absurd. Shooting marbles at an unbaked cake? That’s just sad. Three, and most importantly: Piper Milly is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a person who excels.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
