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She, under fair pretense of saintly ends, And well-placed words of sweetest courtesy Baited with reason, not unplausible, Glides into the easy hearts of men, And draws them into snares.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

He had thought at first, naturally enough, that Hamilton was in some way concerned; but he dismissed that now as wholly unplausible.

From The Triflers by Bartlett, Frederick Orin

In this he is the very opposite of the austere Scot who sits midway of the table; he cannot tell a lie in an unplausible way.

From Following the Equator, Part 7 by Twain, Mark

Their final conduct would seem unplausible were it not entirely in keeping with their characters as carefully developed in the earlier parts of the play.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

Compelled to hearken to charges which I feel to be false, but which I know to be believed by him that utters them; believed too not without evidence, which, though fallacious, is not unplausible.

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden