How to Use ridiculous in a Sentence

ridiculous

adjective
  • She looks ridiculous in that outfit.
  • It was a ridiculous suggestion.
  • That's an absolutely ridiculous price for that sweater.
  • His voice is ridiculous on the show.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The rest was just flat out ridiculous.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The show is ridiculous, to be sure.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Who comes up with these ridiculous ideas?
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The amount of screens is ridiculous.
    — Todd Longwell, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That sounds ridiculous at first glance.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • That’s ridiculous, at the same time.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The come-downs were ridiculous.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Oh, don’t be ridiculous, some might say.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Now the protests look ridiculous.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • First of all, that’s ridiculous.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
  • He's called it dumb, ridiculous.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That’s where things get ridiculous.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • And so, to meet him and shoot with him for a week was ridiculous.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The fight scenes look even more over-the-top and ridiculous this time around.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The fight scenes look even more over-the-top and ridiculous this time around.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • That it's been 50 years is ridiculous to me.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • This idea that we will be dumbed down is ridiculous.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But to blame the power play for the loss would be ridiculous.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the films that came after are ridiculous and stupid.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And the old person who rebels is ridiculous.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • No such thing as a surprise the thirst for first is ridiculous!
    — oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Nothing new in his world, but this was ridiculous.
    — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • How ridiculous to have to wear a scrap of fabric around your neck.
    — George McCalman, SFChronicle.com, 1 May 2020
  • Even in chat or calls, people go through ridiculous flows.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Player salaries in all sports have been ridiculous for a long time.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Trips to the grocery store are ridiculous!
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026

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