How to Use preposterous in a Sentence

preposterous

adjective
  • The whole idea is preposterous!
  • One look at his jersey size tells you how preposterous that is.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
  • But there was a time not too long ago that question would have been preposterous.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2018
  • But the idea that this doesn't have something to do with race is preposterous.
    — Julia Zorthian, Time, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The movie is preposterous enough on its own, and the landscape does the work for him.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • Some of it is sweet, some of it is sick, and some of it’s just downright preposterous.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Gee, what could go wrong with a preposterous system like that?
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The whole thing is frankly preposterous.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • The first step wasn’t preposterous, and this step now isn’t perfect.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2020
  • In other words, the story is preposterous but the scenery is a feast for the eyes.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • From there and then to here and now makes for a rather preposterous ascension.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For the odds were (and remain) preposterous given the facts on the ground.
    — Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The preposterous premise does not seem to have turned off audiences.
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • These things are so preposterous.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The quality of life in this future world is the most preposterous thing about it.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Even if the idea of stashing your phone away for a while seems preposterous, some people do keep spares around just in case.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2019
  • All these factors make a trade preposterous.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Much of what happened was exactly in the script, and much was more preposterous than the script.
    — Tim Gray, Variety, 29 Jan. 2022
  • But to do so is legally and morally preposterous.
    — Walter E Block, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Her choices are so preposterous that much of the dread which should run throughout the movie becomes comedic.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • But even within the preposterous realm of sports arguments, some just aren’t worth the time.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 18 Oct. 2017
  • But the apparently sole reason for the bill is the most preposterous part of it.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • To Tavares, the idea that his father fought police was preposterous.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2021
  • The team that lands Björck in the draft is going to net a preposterous value.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Taylor Road is not to, to think of that as a neighborhood street is preposterous.
    — cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Add that to this team’s seemingly endless list of the preposterous.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
  • One argument is that this is a preposterous proposition at the get-go.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The thought was preposterous, terrible—the thought of the goose-feather pillow pressed over a face.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • This preposterous scenario is brought to you by Trazodone.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Which makes the city's lack of the viral soft serve margaritas feel preposterous.
    — Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026

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