Sample sentences for IMPLAUSIBLE

(click/touch triangles for details)

Definition

not seeming believable

She gave the teacher an implausible excuse for not having completed her homework.

implausible = not seeming believable

an implausible explanation
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.
Rene Descartes
I watched Drew talk with the Bedouins, heard the strange, smooth sounds falling from his lips, and was struck by the implausibility of my presence there.
Tara Westover -- Educated

implausibility = the quality of seeming unbelievable

I stared at the Rockies from my bedroom window and was struck by how implausible they seemed.
Tara Westover -- Educated

implausible = unbelievable

In the end they'd designed something implausible, a town house of poured concrete with a glass facade.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
"And that I've given you every reason to find my plea implausible.
James Patterson -- 1st to Die
First, she thought it sounded too implausible.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
"I don't think you understand how implausible this sounds," Kracker said, eyeing him with an arched brow.
Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
The chaplain listened to the implausible explanation distrustfully.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
They are everywhere at the same time, endlessly connected, and you half believe the most implausible things because you'd be stupid not to.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
I must admit that on the surface it sounds implausible.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
Implausible, he realized.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
The story, though seemingly implausible, sparked in him a distant memory .... a faint recollection from a much darker time.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
His story at trial was so implausible that it was easy to believe that he had been pressured to testify falsely.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
A competition held by the Tribune brought a wave of implausible proposals.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
Vanger no doubt had enough clout to keep the Hedestad police following up both plausible and implausible leads.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Already it seems implausible, and yet I know I did it.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
Again, Langdon forced himself to consider the implausible.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
"For the love of God, give me your clothes!" said the marquis, the implausibility of his predicament penetrating the haze of alcohol.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity

Dictionary / pronunciation — Google^®Dictionary list — Onelook.com^®

Search for other examples by interest

Interest — Source