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Examples of implausible in a Sentence
She's been making implausible claims.
He gave an implausible excuse for showing up late for work.
The novel has an implausible ending.
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Directed with polished competence by TV episodic veteran Terry McDonough, this watchable but forgettable thriller runs a brisk gamut from the uninspired to the implausible.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
When one former Oxford professor dies, her five most promising students reunite at her funeral and are soon pulled into the implausible goings-on.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
Anderson and others eventually concluded that a laboratory role in COVID’s emergence was implausible.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the book, Block reveals how, again and again in the months after the November 2020 election, he was tasked by Trump’s campaign with batting down implausible and inaccurate allegations that Joe Biden had won the election through fraud.
—Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
Establishing a regular exercise habit in just three days feels seems too quick and implausible, for example, and a year seems too long and daunting.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
As implausible as that sounds, the theory is backed by data from past eras when seismic technological innovations wiped out entire occupations, say economists behind a recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
The likelihood of agreement on an even tougher package that would be acceptable to both Mr. Trump and enough Democrats to pass the Senate seems implausible if not impossible.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Such relationship milestones compound with implausible speed.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
When one former Oxford professor dies, her five most promising students reunite at her funeral and are soon pulled into the implausible goings-on.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
Anderson and others eventually concluded that a laboratory role in COVID’s emergence was implausible.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the book, Block reveals how, again and again in the months after the November 2020 election, he was tasked by Trump’s campaign with batting down implausible and inaccurate allegations that Joe Biden had won the election through fraud.
—Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
Establishing a regular exercise habit in just three days feels seems too quick and implausible, for example, and a year seems too long and daunting.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
As implausible as that sounds, the theory is backed by data from past eras when seismic technological innovations wiped out entire occupations, say economists behind a recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
The likelihood of agreement on an even tougher package that would be acceptable to both Mr. Trump and enough Democrats to pass the Senate seems implausible if not impossible.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Such relationship milestones compound with implausible speed.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implausible. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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