Utiliser "preposterous" dans une phrase

1. "And if we were to believe such a preposterous notion, what risk does that pose?" Kelvin asked

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2. "You say such things about your world and they seem so preposterous

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3. But that starship that attacked us was so preposterous that I guess I have to believe anything you say now

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4. "What did I say that's so preposterous?" he asked

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5. Yes, all the brains of the crew had theories, but he could tell none of them were very confident of theirs but Thom, and his was too preposterous to take seriously, an alien intelligence lurking in the dark matter

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6. ‘This is preposterous! If you haven’t got the

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7. originally seemed preposterous, but he had to admit that

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8. Instead he followed up the previous discussion with one of the most preposterous questions she had ever been asked

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9. I knew I'd be sucked into the blades of the shuttle's fans, I'd get some disease so preposterous I'd lie in a quaking pile rotting and seething with maggots

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10. mean, how preposterous the whole thing was! It was an error, a

11. Torbin rehearsed in his mind what he would say to her; but it all sounded preposterous, like some weak ploy designed to get her to leave with him

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12. How could someone not understand how delightful Diego is? How could they not appreciate his mischievous ways, his boundless affection, his uncanny sense of timing? Why, it’s preposterous that one could not be forever intrigued by this irrepressible creature

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13. ‘I can hardly believe you’re really saying something so preposterous

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14. Truth be told, it"s the most reactionary proposition imaginable (And again, „A proposition so preposterous that only an intellectual could accept it

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15. So tell me, who thought up this preposterous story? Was it you, or Brock? Or perhaps Grey? Yes, probably Grey

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16. They expect blue hair, wrinkled lips and mortician’s make-up, but what else from women who stop fucking at the first sight of gray hair? Preposterous! I was a women’s activist in the sixties, so you can imagine how I feel about that

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17. “You can only book a table here once a year? But that’s preposterous

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18. This he found vaguely preposterous

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19. Already it seemed preposterous that he had considered this room unfamiliar or that an interloper had been present

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20. Is that much understood now? Am I coming across? Can you reestablish the true position you are in now? Can you fathom that in my greater scheme of things you and your ’people’ are a nuisance I want to deal with efficiently and move on? Or are you that infatuated with your pet idea of a free world that you have been completely cut off from reality? Perhaps you might be thinking it will all sort itself out in the end, aren’t you? How preposterous a notion! I can only find it natural to nurture such gross misconceptions since you are little more than infants, barely able to stand on their own two feet

21. “What? That’s preposterous, we can’t leave everything behind! What are you saying?” exclaimed Ludwig, arms raised in dubious protest

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22. ‘But these readings are preposterous, absurd

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23. After the initial resurgence of indignation from that morose observation had worn off, and still very few good answers were put forward to make the charge seem to be as preposterous as later it would be shown to be, the memory of my Shi’ite experience returned almost in the form of an accusation

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24. Again I put the whole idea out of my mind as almost as preposterous as the earlier one had seemed to be

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25. Jason really his offspring? He dismissed the preposterous thought as quickly as it had flitted into his mind from somewhere

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26. For instance, the Hollywood allegation that American forces had been responsible for six hundred thousand innocent Iraqi deaths was a preposterous lie that went without

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27. “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous

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28. That is preposterous,” Chofsky said with his chest puffed out and his thumbs looped under his lapels

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29. This is preposterous!”

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30. “Listen, Mr Dart, that’s preposterous

31. Nothing! Can you imagine such a preposterous outcome? Why, it is downright barbaric

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32. Jenkins’ preposterous alibi, namely, that the dope belonged to his client and passenger, Johnny McDaniels, and that Bob was trying to talk Johnny into turning it in was full of holes because of their three previous such runs using planes rented from Sawyer Aviation in Phoenix, to which they were returned after landing the dope from Mexico in Winslow

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33. Instead, Flynn presented the preposterous story that the dope belonged exclusively to Johnny, the client in plane

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34. The trial counsel stood up and read rapidly from a typewritten sheet: “The court is convened by…” His words formed a background for Ken’s thoughts which clung to the idea that this whole thing must be a preposterous dream, “…and a copy of which has been furnished to each member of the court, counsel, the accused, and to the reporter for insertion at this point in the record

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35. Although this theory may sound preposterous, there is evidence that in the United States today many Blacks think that the AIDS epidemic is a government plot

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36. With his commander’s voice Nuke said, “Who are you, and what are you doing at my Station?” He raised his eyebrows in surprise at the answer and exclaimed, “This is preposterous! I am not believing this! This is nonsense!”

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37. And further, teaching that the US commits “imperialism” and “massacres” in third world nations is preposterous, but it has a deep-seated effect on miseducated and believing young minds

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38. "Preposterous! That's not important

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39. That a plain rock plucked from the roadside held any power was preposterous

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40. start making you rich is preposterous

41. preposterous after the hell she had suffered with Tobias

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42. “They actually believed that preposterous story about the fish,” the prince of Assyria said incredulously

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43. could check up on all the preposterous crap that some of these so-called

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44. It’s preposterous to even think that

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45. The man’s preposterous

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46. A week before, Balthus would have laughed at any such preposterous suggestion

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47. " To Valeria it seemed preposterous to suppose that anything, however lethal, could have any effect on that mountain of muscle and fury

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48. that the very idea is preposterous

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49. The idea that someone would seriously consider commandeering and moving an entire orbiting shipyard was so outrageous and so preposterous that the news raced through the community

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50. The thought of Nicolas letting the two of them stay in a twelve-bedded standard dorm was preposterous, to say the least

51. strangled to death in the hope of attaining this preposterous

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52. These preposterous rulings are based on nothing but

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53. Where this preposterous belief originated, I’d surely

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54. Other preposterous beliefs about witches included the

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55. "Look, I know it seems preposterous, a long shot, but I need you

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56. There have been other preposterous theories such as the one that Jackie had it done because of her husband’s womanizing or that LBJ was somehow involved

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57. As you can see, alternatives are quite preposterous when the real answer is to use more caution behind the wheel

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58. of whites and blacks using the preposterous lie of

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59. “But that’s preposterous! Where is your search warrant?”

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60. But this newfangled fantasy, this preposterous illusion, that we have a child, takes the whole box of biscuits

61. I know that this sounds totally preposterous, General, but I can prove it easily by speaking in a number of ancient languages I used in previous lives

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62. That is preposterous! The Commission committed treason in the identification of a Oswald as the shooter as he did not fire a rifle that day, the rifle (that showed up the next day as the murder weapon) was out of alignment with the scope, and the alleged shooter was a below average shot, while masters, the highest experts in the NRA, failed to prove feasibility with the same weapon (after alignment) on a fixed set of targets in 6 tries each (18shots)

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63. This is a preposterous notion and is not

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64. Of course there are many creatures mentioned in the Bible and it would be preposterous

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65. That last order made Tregaskis stiffen with both surprise and skepticism: women on a bayonet assault against Japanese soldiers? That sounded totally preposterous, but the women present didn’t seem unsettled by that, taking out their bayonets and fixing them without hesitation to their carbines, their expressions resolute

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66. threats that seemed preposterous at first but would then take action once

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67. legacy for his family, was preposterous

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68. The idea was considered too preposterous

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69. interested in these theories, for they seem wild and preposterous to me

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70. In fact, the general concept of victimless crimes is preposterous and would be laughable

71. And rules that make sense in some situations are nothing short of preposterous in other situations

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72. lad! This is preposterous!” and he looked appealingly at the Captain for moral support

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73. At any rate, contemplating on these four examples alone, I believe it is preposterous, even illogical, to believe that an alien influence is not at work here on Iotia

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74. Nick found himself imagining all sorts of wild, preposterous thoughts, but is flying an airplane without control cables any more preposterous? Seeing a dead man’s last minutes in living color on a 40 inch picture screen in a lab basement, crazy? Now he really felt cold chills

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75. Fred Ford sat up with a jerk, "Mutinied ? What a preposterous notion, what

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76. “Do you honestly expect anyone to know where they were on any given date? That’s preposterous! I hardly remember where I was myself last week!” he asked

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77. “But that is preposterous, of course,” he almost laughed

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78. “This is utterly preposterous,” he fumed

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79. When the Director put it like that, Locke’s idea sounded preposterous

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80. No, that was preposterous, he didn’t fall in love

81. thousand years seemed like a preposterous assertion

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82. information that we got, humanity in vain invented a heap of preposterous

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83. 'I find your accusations preposterous

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84. It was a preposterous sum

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85. preposterous it is to me, and should be to everyone listening, that in your

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86. It is so preposterous that you will not even entertain the idea of considering it

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87. What his mind was telling him was preposterous, absolutely ridiculous

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88. “Goodnight,” he whispered sweetly and I drifted away into a deep slumber, thinking how maybe it wasn’t so preposterous to imagine Salem and me as a couple

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89. First, they said that the gloves shrank, which is preposterous,

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90. As usual, the more preposterous the lie, the more easily it seemed to be believed

91. The structure before her is enormous and preposterous in nature

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92. Havtrols, of course, found the notion of having anyone perform any task for them preposterous

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93. horrifying to preposterous within hours of the

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94. And her with child; it was preposterous!

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95. This idea is preposterous because

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96. Forcing the acceptance of this untruth about physics is equal to preposterous

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97. acceptance of this untruth about physics is equal to preposterous subjecting students to physiological

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98. She laughed and said I used the most preposterous arguments

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99. I was amazed to see that nothing I said seemed too much for him; he really seemed to believe what should have been considered a preposterous tale

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