How to Use improbable in a Sentence

improbable

adjective

• The team made an improbable comeback.
• That seemed improbable just a week ago.
  — Scott Powers, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• At first glance, the idea seems improbable.
  — Bill Fischer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• Faced with a shot from behind a tree, don’t try to do the improbable.
  — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
• Perhaps the new show has an improbable axe throw of its own.
  — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
• Just getting to the point where one pitch could win the game seemed improbable for most of the day.
  — Alex Cole, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
• But this one just feels improbable.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
• That’s been time-tested and well-earned from improbable roots.
  — Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
• And who is to say that will be the end of this improbable, commendable run?
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
• That both teams must suit up mere hours after the last game ended feels improbable.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
• One of the greatest and most improbable stories in all of sports.
  — Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
• In fact, there are parts of Tínos that seem like an improbable place to grow anything.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2021
• Of their six wins, Friday might have been the most improbable.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2021
• The Bears steal this game on the road to grab their fifth win of the year in improbable fashion.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
• Turns out that was just highly improbable.
  — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 June 2026
• What once felt inevitable now feels improbable.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• Success on the first try seemed improbable.
  — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
• What looked improbable from afar still left Cholowsky restless.
  — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• Indy has produced too many improbable comebacks and too many late-race twists for that.
  — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
• But this improbable journey — from foes to frenemies to the best of buds — needs to be shared.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
• But that is the case with Tariq Woolen, one of this year's more improbable stories.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2022
• The whole scenario sounds as improbable as one of Cleese’s iconic skits.
  — Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
• And there aren’t that many states or districts in play, so big swings in Congress are more improbable.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• Nimmo has spent 10 years with the Mets and was a part of the team's improbable run last year.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
• The Mets themselves went on an improbable run last season.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• That fact is no less improbable than the tale that led Vail to the Beach Boys in the first place.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
• Indianapolis, of course, still makes room for improbable charges through the field.
  — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
• For fans, the resurgence feels improbable.
  — Mike Wass, Variety, 20 May 2026
• Line up all of those maybes—improbable as each one is—and maybe Grusch has a compelling story to tell.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 July 2023
• Wil Lutz jogged onto the field and the Broncos walked off with the most improbable win.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025