Example Sentences

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Ultimately, however, no director can hide all the improbabilities in the libretto.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

My problem with “Mr. Fullerton” has to do with its fictional improbabilities.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Until then, “A Comedy of Tenors” is the kind of farce that grunts and groans as it gets its improbabilities off the ground.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2019

Richter told the jury that the prosecution case compounded a series of improbabilities and impossibilities.

From Fox News • Feb. 26, 2019

In some contexts, improbabilities are to be expected.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos