Sample sentences for PREPOSTEROUS

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Definition

absurd, outrageous, silly, or completely unreasonable

They can't be seriously considering such a preposterous idea.

preposterous = completely unreasonable

It is a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history.

preposterous = completely unreasonable

That's preposterous!
Louis Sachar -- Holes

preposterous = completely unreasonable

"Preposterous," he said. "There's no such thing as witches."
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

preposterous = absurd, outrageous, silly, or completely unreasonable

I never heard anything so preposterous in my life!
C.S. Lewis -- The Magician's Nephew

preposterous = absurd, outrageous, silly, or completely unreasonable

That's preposterous, Mother!
Stephen King -- Rose Red
It was so preposterous —how could I possibly believe it?
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
"Preposterous!" shouted Fudge again.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
'What led you to the preposterous conclusion that I have had anything to do with the man you call an assassin-'
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
Ay; or else 'twere hard luck, being in so preposterous estate as we are.
William Shakespeare -- The Winter's Tale
"Preposterous," DeBlass blurted out before his attorney lifted a hand to silence him.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
Could it be possible that he had heard and believed the preposterous lie about Scarlett and Ashley and become jealous?
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
But, my dear, the thing is preposterous.
Daphne du Maurier -- Rebecca
To think you could do such a preposterous thing!
Henrik Ibsen -- An Enemy of the People
As the evening wore on, more and more absurdities seemed less and less preposterous, as is sometimes the case.
Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
It was a preposterous claim.
David McCullough -- John Adams
That is the most preposterous suggestion I have ever heard delivered between these four walls.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
Well, you know, I had the preposterous idea that it might be the truth.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
More than preposterous .... it was impossible.
James Patterson -- 1st to Die
At the delicatessen he bought preposterous stores of food, chosen on the principle of expensiveness.
Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt

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