How to Use plausible in a Sentence

plausible

adjective

• But why did this all seem so plausible to so many at the time?
  — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2020
• And those are both plausible points of view.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
• And there is the grand prize left and shining plausible.
  — Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
• But for at least some people, the threat now seems much more plausible.
  — WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
• And so, look, that is a -- a plausible bet for Democrats to make.
  — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• Plague is, in fact, among the less plausible suspects.
  — James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
• The photo seems plausible enough at first glance.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
• The new study suggests the lower end of the range is more plausible.
  — National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020
• But the fact that question is plausible enough to answer does not bode well.
  — Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
• Even if the text itself seems plausible, the link is a telltale red flag.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
• The judge agreed that the student has a plausible case to go forward on that claim.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2019
• That thesis is plausible, but the shift has not yet happened at scale.
  — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
• The more people get in, the more plausible any scenario starts to seem.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
• Anyone can post anything at all—true or not, plausible or not.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
• Frankly, any of those answers seem plausible.
  — New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
• There was no plausible reason to think the story wasn’t true.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 July 2022
• But a visit had seemed plausible.
  — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
• If nothing else goes wrong, that’s the best plausible outcome, right?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2018
• But that goal is no longer plausible, scientists say.
  — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
• How plausible is what I’m being told?
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
• Charges against the owner seem plausible, as well as charges against others who helped run the place or the event.
  — Thomas Peele, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
• But stay with me because some clues make the actor and singer a plausible option.
  — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2020
• Were the fairies in the photographs not catching the light in a plausible way?
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• And, finally, what is the source and amount of new funding that makes this plausible?
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2022
• Many of these films earn their ruthless plot points by rendering them plausible.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
• By the end of each episode, the myths were rated busted, plausible or confirmed.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2020
• For the most part, though, the film makes goodwill plausible by making evil equally so.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
• That would have been plausible, that the Stars were a middling team in the playoff hunt.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
• As the standoff stretches into its third week, no plausible off-ramps have emerged (yet).
  — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
• Others, such as widespread use of electric cars, are plausible — for the wealthy.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 Feb. 2018