Examples of illogic in a Sentence
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Our former trust in De Niro’s great artistry was based in his sensitivity — including the insanity, illogic, and meanness that is difficult to countenance in politicians who have gone over to the dark side out of greed and power-madness.
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Armond White, National Review, 5 June 2024
What lies behind the absence of a constructive Israeli national security agenda, however, is neither illogic nor confusion but rather a belief that there are currently no solutions to the challenges the country faces and that seeking quick fixes to intractable problems is dangerously naive.
—Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015
The ridiculousness of its most gory scene, the overuse of jump scares and the increasing illogic of the plot play a lot better when the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
There are caring public servants unable to overcome the pettiness and illogic of the system.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
The illogic of these fines and fees was put into stark relief at an unlikely moment: the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014.
—Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2024
Nevertheless, Musk’s views on immigration and birth rates clearly echo the illogic that gives rise to such hateful ideology and its violent consequences.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
Within them, the doc traces the illogic of military force and shows how violence only begets more violence.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
This condescension underlies movies that pass off illogic and omissions as marks of fantasy and imagination—or, at least, as good enough for children.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
Armond White, National Review, 5 June 2024
What lies behind the absence of a constructive Israeli national security agenda, however, is neither illogic nor confusion but rather a belief that there are currently no solutions to the challenges the country faces and that seeking quick fixes to intractable problems is dangerously naive.
—Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015
The ridiculousness of its most gory scene, the overuse of jump scares and the increasing illogic of the plot play a lot better when the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
There are caring public servants unable to overcome the pettiness and illogic of the system.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
The illogic of these fines and fees was put into stark relief at an unlikely moment: the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014.
—Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2024
Nevertheless, Musk’s views on immigration and birth rates clearly echo the illogic that gives rise to such hateful ideology and its violent consequences.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
Within them, the doc traces the illogic of military force and shows how violence only begets more violence.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
This condescension underlies movies that pass off illogic and omissions as marks of fantasy and imagination—or, at least, as good enough for children.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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“Illogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illogic. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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