How to Use implausible in a Sentence

implausible

adjective

• He gave an implausible excuse for showing up late for work.
• The novel has an implausible ending.
• She's been making implausible claims.
• Like the tsunami stones of the past, the plaque carried a message for the future, a warning to believe in changes that might at first seem implausible.
  — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
• His mixed economic record in office and his implausible campaign promises of more spending and a flat tax (which can’t pass) gave voters little else to go on.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2018
• The plaintiffs say that based on the bullet path, Howell was crouched further down in a position that makes the defense's case implausible.
  — Matt McCall, Lake County News-Sun, 13 Mar. 2018
• Absent an implausible wave of immigration, that is unlikely to change.
  — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
• That shouldn’t strike anyone as implausible Trump behavior, and seen through its lens, changes in her story become more understandable.
  — refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• While both players may have been offended or even humiliated, filing a lawsuit over such feelings seems nearly implausible.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 6 May 2018
• Also, the initial premise, so self-consciously silly in 1987, seems even more implausible in the internet age.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Fox News, 4 May 2018
• Western officials call the often implausible theories an attempt to muddy the waters.
  — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
• And the contention about the leak coming from Mueller (however implausible) feeds the narrative of a corrupt investigation by the deep state.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 1 May 2018
• Some firms large enough to report have not done so, and several published what looked like implausible pay gaps (a cluster around 0% suggests that some are fibbing or failing to understand the exercise).
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• The mud built up from days of rain made that implausible.
  — Stephen Whyno, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2018
• The White House may be telling some implausible stories these days.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
• The amendment lost, but received 93 yea votes in the House and 24 in the Senate—a level of support that would have been implausible not that long ago.
  — Elliott Negin, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2020
• This may sound implausible, but the world wants plastics.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• The official count proclaimed him the winner, with an implausible 80% of the vote.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020
• But this is Sunday, and these events seem worlds away, implausible.
  — Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
• Kurt Cobain spun out, a white Bronco cut loose, and a sitcom about six friends with an implausible New York apartment hit the air.
  — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2018
• Doesn’t everyone get frustrated with the red herrings and the implausible twists and stalling along the way?
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2021
• Yet there are few ways a hard Brexit could happen, and all seem implausible.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2018
• Is the concept of a non-stick-thin woman finding love that implausible?
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2020
• Alex’s father, Jeff (Kevin Bacon), has stopped trying to get it through to Alex how implausible this all sounds.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 12 June 2022
• So this is just another implausible episode of Black Mirror, which has come to life.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• Yes, the plot is contrived, and implausible, and full of masks and identity thefts, but the film aggressively owns its premise.
  — refinery29.com, 12 July 2018
• The case is good news for helping judges ferret out the weakest and most implausible investor class actions.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 21 June 2021
• Which is, to be fair, a not-implausible interpretation of the facts.
  — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2020
• So the idea of the U.S. retaliating with nuclear weapons of its own seems rather implausible to me.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2022
• Many doctors have argued that the prosecution case was based on implausible and inaccurate evidence.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 28 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024