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

When she first came to Los Angeles 50 years ago, its whimsical preposterousness was her “personal welcoming committee to the city.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

It’s a fantastic sketch that, despite its preposterousness, undoes any neat distinction invoked in the title of Odenkirk’s memoir between “comedy” and “drama.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 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 it proved that it wasn't true.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith