How to Use plausible in a Sentence

plausible

adjective

• The new study suggests the lower end of the range is more plausible.
  — National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020
• But why did this all seem so plausible to so many at the time?
  — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2020
• Were the fairies in the photographs not catching the light in a plausible way?
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• The judge agreed that the student has a plausible case to go forward on that claim.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2019
• The more people get in, the more plausible any scenario starts to seem.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
• And so, look, that is a -- a plausible bet for Democrats to make.
  — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• But the fact that question is plausible enough to answer does not bode well.
  — Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
• But for at least some people, the threat now seems much more plausible.
  — WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
• But to keep the promise plausible, Democrats made a choice.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
• Still, the fact that the idea would even seem plausible illustrates the risks Democrats...
  — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2019
• There was no plausible reason to think the story wasn’t true.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 July 2022
• But stay with me because some clues make the actor and singer a plausible option.
  — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2020
• 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
• That would have been plausible, that the Stars were a middling team in the playoff hunt.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
• Many are bat-house crazy, some are more than plausible.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 July 2023
• Others were more plausible like splinters from the cross.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
• All are more plausible than the bill that died in the Senate on Tuesday.
  — New York Times, 23 June 2021
• Does that sound plausible for a regime that considers business a servant of the state?
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
• Even the most fantastic love scenes in the movies seem plausible standing on a Parisian bridge.
  — Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
• The second part of this seems plausible, but the first is harder to understand.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 31 May 2021
• By the end of each episode, the myths were rated busted, plausible or confirmed.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2020
• And, finally, what is the source and amount of new funding that makes this plausible?
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2022
• A few years ago, this seemed like a plausible argument.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2020
• For the most part, though, the film makes goodwill plausible by making evil equally so.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
• All of these theories are plausible, given the wild plot lines the show's creators have cooked up in the past.
  — Glamour, 8 May 2019
• For much of the last century this idea was accepted as a plausible trigger of déjà vu.
  — Pat Long, CNN, 1 June 2017
• A few decades ago, one theory began to look more and more plausible.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 25 Feb. 2021
• There’s also a plausible case for Rodriguez as the right kind of owner.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2020
• This is certainly plausible if Apple wants to keep the price point low.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 25 Mar. 2022
• If nothing else goes wrong, that’s the best plausible outcome, right?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024