| 单词 | preposterously |
| 例句 | “It is almost impossible for me to show you what I did on these maps because they are so preposterously wrong,” he began. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as a harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly a preposterously deep, authoritative voice said, “Who is it?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Fry paid tribute to his “repulsively handsome” friend, describing him as “preposterously talented” in multiple fields. 'Repulsively handsome' Hugh Laurie gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The back room of Saint Vitus is almost preposterously dark, and emerging even into the dim light of the bar area felt like a violent change. ArtsBeat: What CMJ? 2012-10-19T19:14:00Z But if they have to happen – and evidently they do, multiplying preposterously every year – then it’s fair to say that an unofficial whites-only policy is increasingly eye-catching. The Oscars graciously recognised Crash and Halle Berry. Is that not enough? 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Barring a twist or two and a handful of preposterously easy puzzles, that’s the show. Review: Open Chat Windows and Closed Cases in ‘Citizen Detective’ 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z And when she does, the flames are preposterously beautiful. Perspective | Hollywood brightened Lady Gaga’s star. Las Vegas will protect her from oblivion. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In another artist’s hands such a room might seem preposterously self-indulgent. Art Review: ?Nan Goldin: Scopophilia? at Matthew Marks Gallery - Review 2011-12-08T23:21:31Z Behind her, the Union Flag flutters against an industrial wasteland bathed in preposterously tangerine CGI twilight. Rachel Maclean’s Troubling Candy-Colored World 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “The Ledge” is the cinematic equivalent of what used to be called a problem play, in which the characters’ crises neatly mesh: in this case, neatly and preposterously. | 'The Ledge': Looking for Answers Before He Leaps 2011-07-07T23:33:23Z Aside from being preposterously imprecise, the equation secularism = atheism gravely undermines the potential of secularism as a political movement. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z This is the most preposterously dance-thin ballet I have ever seen. Review: A Triple Bill at the Royal Ballet Comes Up Two-Thirds Short 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z We are locked in their bizarre private world, a preposterously furnished palace-cum-prison which is like an anti-gravity capsule in which they float around in their own neuroses and dependencies. Behind the Candelabra – Cannes 2013 review 2013-05-21T08:25:41Z Projects like this, which entail the shipping of big and preposterously fragile things, costs a mint. Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z Conforming to the superhero template of the preposterously muscled hunk, the Englishman also brings to the role exactly the right haunted, stricken but resolute air of someone searching for a grand mystery inside him. Man of Steel: Superman… or Human God? 2013-06-12T15:35:35Z Walking up marble steps to the third floor of this 18th-century building just off the preposterously narrow streets of the Spanish Quarter, I was greeted by Manuela Colosimo, one of the owners. Frugal Traveler: Naples: Must-Sees and See-What-Happens 2011-06-07T18:32:57Z “It’s preposterously egocentric to call anything we enjoy art – as if we could not be entertained by it if it were not,” Pauline Kael once wrote in her famous essay Trash, Art and the Movies. Today's TV shows are good – but they aren't The Sopranos 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z On Might Just Take Your Life – seen here at the enormous California Jam festival – Hughes's nimble playing underpins Lord's preposterously massive riff. Jon Lord: five great performances from Deep Purple and Whitesnake 2012-07-16T22:08:25Z The spirits are preposterously high on the playground-like sets where a substantial portion of the audience sits — until, that is, they’re nudged aside by the crazily costumed actors. Gilbert and Sullivan with guitars and beach balls 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Either way, they are a welcome change from other, preposterously expensive tasting menus that just present a long sequence of dishes without a common thread. At the Four Horsemen, the Food Catches Up to the Wine 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z It wrestles my breasts up to my chin and protrudes preposterously in front. ‘I want to want a baby’: can I kickstart my broody gene? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z By which time the crowd was exhausted, the set preposterously loose and the traffic jams home the stuff of legend. Is Keith Richards a 'good thing'? 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z At 59, Kenna is a preposterously youthful, lanky character with a ready laugh and a still-boyish enthusiasm for what he does. Kenna’s ‘Memories and Meditations’: the world through a lens 2012-12-06T21:10:11Z If Basil Bunting were not remembered for “Briggflatts”—his longest and best poem, first published fifty years ago—he might still be remembered as the protagonist of a preposterously eventful twentieth-century life. The Improbable Life and Prescient Poetry of Basil Bunting 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z They were remarkably unrepentant, insisting – in both cases preposterously – on their innocence. TV review: Saving Face: True Stories; Funny Business 2013-01-16T23:10:01Z It’s a scene that is both oddly natural and preposterously bizarre. Critic’s Notebook: Maria Bamford’s ‘Special Special Special!’ Online 2012-12-17T05:09:03Z The couple obviously love having visitors and were preposterously generous. In Papua, Indonesia, a Visit to the Welcoming Dani People 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z That stuff scared me, as I’m sure it does most young adults, especially those living in New York, where everything is so preposterously expensive. Goodbye, iPhone. Farewell, Brooklyn. Let’s move to Honduras and camp with jaguars 2013-01-05T20:00:00Z As for the precise number writhing reptiles featured the the thrilling “Planet Earth II” video “Iguana vs. Snakes,” we lost count; suffice it to say, the iguana in question was preposterously outnumbered. WATCH: What went into the making of “Planet Earth II”? 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z His hair was slicked back, and his pants were jacked up preposterously high by suspenders. If Your Life Were a Movie 2011-01-23T04:45:10Z Dolling Claire up so preposterously is a glib tactic, although it’s unclear if the filmmakers were trying to tweak politically correct sensibilities or thought they were being clever, or maybe both. Review: In ‘Jurassic World,’ the Franchise Feeds the Beast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z She tends to be verbose, oddly theatrical, preposterously can-do, the kind of person described as a bit much. Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z At one point, midway through tonight's preposterously punishing two-hour set, I am unable to attempt any coherent speech as my larynx is vibrating. Swans – review 2013-04-05T17:00:39Z Like the preposterously difficult rhythms Conlon Nancarrow developed in his studies for player piano, the microtonal intricacies of Mr. Johnston’s quartets can seem like exercises designed to measure the gap between human imagination and ability. Players Are Wanted for Ben Johnston’s Works. Some Sacrifice Is Required. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z A preposterously weird little novel that’s more brilliant than it has any right to be: a modern-day crime of passion based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” narrated by a fetus. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z As an ironist, he became most famous for a preposterously literal-minded diatribe against religion. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z Hogan’s case seems preposterously thin, until a shrewd bit of legal wrangling puts Gawker’s fortunes in genuine danger. Review | In ‘Nobody Speak,’ the free press, not just a website, faces a grave challenge 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Not according to the wags at the Daily Mash, who preposterously contend that Twilight fans are probably in the habit of looking elsewhere for their moviegoing tips. Breaking Dawn - Part 2: best of the Twilight series? 2012-11-15T16:44:40Z The fate of the poor young kitchen worker afflicted by a toothache is the most potent, but it is also the most preposterously comic: a tragedy written as farce. Theater Review: ‘The Golden Dragon,’ by Roland Schimmelpfennig 2013-05-21T21:38:22Z They claim, preposterously, that their reluctance has to do with fear that Obama won’t enforce the law. A sampling of editorials from around New York 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z So I wore it for a few minutes — in my size, which was preposterously large, and the size down, which was almost preposterously large. New 3.1 Phillip Lim Store is a Site for Fantasies 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z But it’s a conclusion, it must be said, that’s a lot more satisfying than much of the rest of this implausible and preposterously gimmicky novel. Books of The Times: Imagining a Secret Life for Diana 2011-06-13T22:41:42Z It's preposterously good fun, and entirely forgettable in the nicest possible way. By Jeeves ? review 2011-02-21T17:48:27Z The South Korean zombie movie “Peninsula” is a strange, preposterously resonant movie to watch now. ‘Peninsula’ Review: The First Rule of Zombie Club Is Run! 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z It's also renting office space starting at what seems the preposterously insignificant amount of £40 a week. Putting the Flatpack film festival on the map 2010-04-06T14:56:00Z In this era of unfolding environmental catastrophe, however, Adams’s images — so pristine, fastidious and preposterously hygienic — simply deflect my eyes. Review | I used to think Ansel Adams’s photographs were boring. This exhibition changed that. 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z For much of her life Ms. Gabor kept her age preposterously vague. Zsa Zsa Gabor, high-living actress of outrageous wit, dies 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z This is meant to be mad and loopy Dickens, with an actor preposterously — yet somehow divinely — playing all the parts, switching characters on a dime. ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ has a drag queen, a baby and a pace like rush-hour traffic 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z In her Times review earlier this year Ms. Dargis called the movie “preposterously entertaining.” The Idolatry of Glaciers, Rocks and Leni Riefenstahl 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The poster featured Moore hoisting a cocktail while lounging in a preposterously luxe bubble bath under the slogan “Don’t you wish you were Arthur?” film: Much Taller, Still Plastered 2010-08-27T19:23:00Z And so here he is again, racing against time and villainy, this time in “Unknown,” another sleek, preposterously amusing thriller with a single-word title. | 'Unknown': Me, My Doppelg?nger and a Dunk in the River 2011-02-17T23:44:40Z And her first solo, the comedic “Just One Step,” smartly mines humor from preposterously elongated vibrato. Review: ‘Songs for a New World,’ Stuck in Another Time 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Skillfully paced, preposterously tasteless, it’s a sequence that will alienate a portion of its audience, while cementing a cult reputation with another. Eww, That’s Gross. And We Like It That Way. 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z It's difficult to know quite what to make of Patrick Stewart's uber-spat with James Corden at the preposterously titled Glamour Women of The Year awards earlier this week. Where egos dare: Patrick Stewart v James Corden and other on-stage spats 2010-06-11T10:36:00Z And yet since this is a comedy, death is robbed of his appointed victims perhaps more improbably — preposterously even — than in any other Shakespeare play. | 'Measure for Measure': Hold Onto Your Morals: Life Is Tough 2011-07-01T02:30:38Z Hopefully it'll even spark a resurgence of the preposterously violent mainstream action film. The Expendables: get out the body bags 2010-06-15T15:16:00Z Well before it ends preposterously, “Black Sea” has taken leave of its senses. ‘Black Sea’ Stars Jude Law as a Seething Adventurer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z And yet — because Mr. Scovel often adopts the persona of a preposterously confident, thin-skinned egotist with a conspiratorial streak — his comedy does seem suited to the age of Trump. A Comic on the Verge, His Absurdism on the Fly 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z After lowering the microphone, preposterously set up for a giant, Mr. Watts says with great moment: “Welcome to the here it is.” Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Like a lot of 1950s and 1960s sci-fi it reads rather whimsically to a modern audience with its emphasis on a society where animals are rare and electronic pets are a coveted, preposterously expensive prize. Blade Runner 2: pray for a Ridley Scott replicant or there'll be tears in the rain 2011-03-04T12:17:56Z He just loves stories about love, and he also loves love stories about characters who are preposterously optimistic. Should you watch Cameron Crowe’s TV show ‘Roadies’? Let’s talk it out. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Look at things more objectively, and we begin to seem preposterously “parochial in time”, as Magee puts it: obsessed with our tiny corner, as if it were everything. How to stop feeling insignificant | Oliver Burkeman 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The “So Random!” sketches weren’t the meat of “Sonny” — they existed largely to get the characters in the same room, and to dress them preposterously — but they were reliably funny. | 'So Random!': Show Within a Show Gets Its Own Shot 2011-06-03T22:07:20Z At the point where she resorts to his “treatments,” Joe is, preposterously, the mother of a young boy. ‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II’ takes a relentlessly grim turn 2014-04-03T20:51:01Z Resistance is pretty much futile as the Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe Of China brings its preposterously entertaining version of Swan Lake back to the UK. This week's new dance 2011-08-05T23:09:46Z But first of all, a little reminder of just how preposterously far-out this film would have been. Jurassic Park IV: something has survived (and it seems to be half human) 2012-10-12T16:01:56Z Hurt, Quinn reminds Wonder Woman that despite her credentials as a feminist comic book icon, she didn’t even get a name check in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s preposterously elongated title. Which comic book titans should suit up for superhero buddy movies? 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It is about his preposterously unlikely trip to Vietnam in 1967 to bring his soldier friends a beer and a hug of support from their home neighborhood of Inwood in Upper Manhattan. For the Love of Beer and His Buddies 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z He reckons he's written fewer than 15 of them in his career – a paltry return by his own preposterously prolific standards. A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett – review 2012-11-15T08:00:07Z Of course not, which is why the inevitable lawsuits that came Doogie's way were carefully omitted from this preposterously pitched series. Six to watch: TV medics 2012-11-15T14:32:06Z At one point, a preposterously long horn trill seems to unleash an attack of martial bumblebees. Review: Wilde’s Wacky ‘Earnest,’ Now With Arias 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The show is so full of cryptic clues preposterously delivered that it’s hard to take seriously,” Neil Genzlinger wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Prison Break’ and ‘Louis C.K.: 2017’ 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Some were preposterously expensive, hoping to cash in on the holiday weekend. Away Is Home | You can’t have a good vacation without a little adaptation 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Here were clothes from the 1940s and ’60s, all utilitarian, all preposterously expensive: the rack of motorcycle jackets, the handful of field coats made from what seemed to be linen. Where Can Men Buy Higher-End Vintage Men’s Wear? 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z I saw Bryant at this year’s Trillectro festival, sipping a preposterously large frozen margarita, watching a set from Young Thug as though he were taking in a Hawaiian sunset. Five encounters with Dreamcast, a laid-back singer living in an anxious world 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Optimistic for a second chance, it waited battered and bruised in the shadows of preposterously bodacious classic cars whose shiny chrome and sleek paint jobs beam like 100-watt movie star smiles. The fabulously creative (and personal) mailboxes of Bainbridge Island 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z His patty possesses a preposterously silky texture reminiscent of the famed dry-aged burger served at Minetta Tavern in New York City. This James Beard-nominated butcher offers delicious meaty prix fixe feasts … and Seattle’s best burger 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “But it is so preposterously difficult that there are times where I wonder whether we can actually do this.” What Starship means to Elon Musk. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It pushes a preposterously shortsighted idea of what children need to be informed citizens in a contemporary world, disproportionately targeting accurate history about discrimination and anything LGBTQ-related. Perspective | Parents’ rights? How about a ‘Parents’ Bill of Responsibilities’ instead? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Washington’s NFL team has a new name, but the old tradition of offering five preposterously positive predictions about its season continues. Five preposterously positive Washington Commanders predictions for 2022 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The preposterously elaborate prank show is Nathan Fielder’s best known canvas. Review | Nathan Fielder continues to elevate the prank show in ‘The Rehearsal’ 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z However, this current outbreak of subversive behavior is preposterously rampant — and crushing to the feeble traditions that once carried these games. Perspective | In a fickle new era of sports, loyalty is always up for sale 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The show has a preposterously high rating of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and seems to appeal to both traditionalists and newer acolytes. Star Trek’s ‘Strange New Worlds’: In defense of episodic TV 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z He’s one of the most preposterously skilled 7-footers to enter the league, but even in an open-minded and positionless NBA, there is concern about how his thin frame will hold up. Perspective | The NBA has never seen a draft prospect quite like Chet Holmgren 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z He warned, preposterously, that Turkey would soon join the European Union. Opinion | Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have much in common, with one vital, deflating difference 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The Broncos had to win Sunday’s game twice on defense against the Washington Football Team, given the preposterously awful final offensive possession with two fumbles and an incomplete pass while supposedly running out the clock. Analysis | NFL Week 9 power rankings: Packers tighten grip on top spot with dramatic win in Arizona 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z This was so preposterously outside the department’s purview that Rosen had summarily refused Clark’s entreaties. Opinion | One more time Trump tried to undo the will of the voters 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z In the here and now, Republican-controlled states have embraced voter suppression and election subversion, justified in the name of doubts sown by Trump’s preposterously false claims about the 2020 election outcome. Opinion | Anthony Gonzalez gets what Democrats need to know 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Tucker Carlson, whose nightly prime time show on Fox News draws millions of viewers, used his massive platform to preposterously claim he's being silenced. The mythologizing of Jan. 6: From Fox News' whining to Ashli Babbitt's "martyrdom" 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Goodison Park is the venue for a game that is crucial for a preposterously inconsistent Everton sides chances of qualifying for Europe next season. Everton v Aston Villa: Premier League – live! 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Credit, too, goes to the judges - many appointed by Republicans, some by Trump himself - who have rejected more than 50 lawsuits preposterously alleging massive fraud while conspicuously lacking evidence. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z I am preposterously proud of this squidgy gingerbread, and I don’t mind who knows it. Peanut butter chocolate cake and vegan gingerbread: five new sweet recipes from Nigella Lawson 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z That was when Lillard, smothered by a defender, rose up and shot from 33 feet — preposterously far from the hoop. What I Learned Inside the N.B.A. Bubble 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Only a single in Europe and Australia, but it gets in the list because it is both preposterous and preposterously good fun. Kylie's 30 greatest singles – ranked! 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z "There's no better place to be," 27-year-old major force DeChambeau said — unless you count being 21 and being born in the preposterously recent 1999 and spending Saturday night leading the U.S. Matthew Wolff races to the U.S. Open lead with a 65, but Bryson DeChambeau is lurking 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z And when the PGA Championship convenes without spectators Thursday to Sunday at TPC Harding Park in the preposterously pretty western edges of San Francisco, it’s also about … Here now, finally, comes the PGA Championship. Remember what this means for Brooks Koepka. 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Swift, of course, is a songwriting savant, a preposterously gifted shaper of tunes and hooks. Review: Taylor Swift's radically intimate 'Folklore' is the perfect quar album 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z This includes the July 9 Supreme Court ruling that he is not above the law, as he and his lawyers had preposterously claimed. Trump and corruption: Who cares in the time of COVID? 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Yet Trump continues both to deny that he was briefed and also to claim, preposterously, "this is all a made up Fake News Media Hoax." As Russian bounty scandal unfolds, remember this: Robert Mueller found plenty of collusion 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Faith lies on live TV, preposterously, leaving Gary sputtering with anger on the other side of the split screen. Review: In ‘Irresistible,’ Stewart aims at a familiar enemy 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Coming from him, though, it's preposterously, laughably ironic. Wait, what? Peter Baker of the New York Times decries "normalization" of Trump 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z They began casting China as an enemy and, preposterously, Biden as a Communist sympathizer. Opinion | Trump is gambling the health of the nation for his reelection 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Out of that corner, he has been fighting intensely — and preposterously — to assist Donald Trump in his multiple personal fights to prevent the U.S. Trump and corruption: Who cares in the time of COVID? 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z If something isn’t done to correct this oversight, my fear is that the passage of time will start diminishing his contributions to preposterously low levels. Perspective | Get your goggles on: Any GOAT discussion must include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “Slowly, we’re beginning to learn the size of the bill to taxpayers. It should be crystal clear that this particular ploy is by no means ‘saving a fortune’ as Eric Trump preposterously claimed.” Watchdog group says Trump properties charging Secret Service about $400 per night for rooms 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z America is “full,” Mr. Trump declared last spring, preposterously. Opinion | Trump says America is ‘full.’ Mick Mulvaney lets slip that isn’t true. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Another is a preposterously large Adirondack chair — cherry red and roughly 15 feet high. Inside Pete Buttigieg's South Bend, a city trying to reinvent itself 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z He cleaved to his lap-dog role, saying preposterously of Trump: “What he wants to do is get to the truth.” Opinion | Notorious D.J.T. on Trial 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Winning 8+ games every year is preposterously difficult in Pullman. Jon Wilner grades the Pac-12 coaches (and doesn’t use the mercy rule) 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z On Monday morning, for instance, we were greeted with news alerts about Trump’s tweet in which he laughably and preposterously asserted that he was “seriously considering” testifying before the House Intelligence Committee. Press Watch: Why was Trump rushed to the hospital? Count on the media to swallow official lies 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z During the summer, the Johnson camp succeeded in arguing, however preposterously, that the neighbours were the real villains here for wading into a private row, even one loud enough to hear from the street. Think Boris Johnson is toxic to voters? Don’t be so sure | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z His preposterously nicknamed “Brexit war cabinet” met for the first time on Monday. Boris Johnson’s crew will repel voters – there’s no need to fear him | Polly Toynbee 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Probably sometime today the Senate will, with the smell of jet fuel heavy in the halls, pass a preposterously lazy two-year spending and debt deal. The epitaph of the tea party 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z This is mitigated, somewhat, by the prices, which are by no means cheap but are not preposterously beyond a mortal’s budget—there are several entrées for less than thirty dollars. Jean-Georges’s Revisionist Tweaks at the Fulton 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Over the objections of career diplomats, political appointees from the Trump administration sided with Guatemalan corporate and political figures who argued, preposterously, that the anticorruption commission was an affront to the nation’s sovereignty. Opinion | The Trump administration should fight graft and impunity in Guatemala. It’s doing the opposite. 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Despite that he played some wonderful golf tee to green, though, and reeled out a series of preposterously long drives. Rory McIlroy suffers an opening round of swings and roundabouts | Andy Bull 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z This is not one of those years, at least by UConn’s preposterously high standards. UConn Tops Louisville and Reaches 12th Straight Final Four 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Have you ever seen anything as preposterously, forlornly belated as that “imminent”? For Theresa May, ‘I’m a tin-eared lunatic’ seems to be the hardest word | Marina Hyde 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z He preposterously claimed that he didn't know anything about Duke. There is a long and clear history of Trump using and winking at anti-Semitic propaganda and bigotry 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z More preposterously, Trump is claiming that Kushner never cultivated a close relationship with the Saudi leader. Opinion | Trump’s sure bet turned out to be his biggest foreign policy crisis 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z My options are preposterously good—this is the Golden Age of Television, after all. The Internet Gave Us Great TV—Now Where’s Our Great TV Guide? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “They want to believe in me because they are preposterously narcissistic, and they believe they can get anything they want,” he said. The Man Who Captures Criminals for the D.E.A. by Playing Them 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, President Ronald Reagan preposterously called the contras the “moral equal” of the Founding Fathers and the French Resistance. Opinion | Ortega is becoming the type of autocrat he once despised 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Furthermore, we can safely predict that Trump will once take Putin’s word during their summit that it’s all a big nothing, as he’s preposterously stated in the past. America is still under attack, as President Trump meets with the man who staged it 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z It drew a series of preposterously arbitrary scientific lines, declared the ethical concerns of millions of Americans inconsequential and forestalled the development of a more stable and legitimate democratic consensus. Opinion | Trump lucks out at the best possible time 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In a statement, Notre Dame spokesman Paul Browne said the assertions in the lawsuit “are maliciously and preposterously false.” Federal lawsuit challenges Notre Dame’s birth control rules 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Notre Dame spokesman Paul Browne issued a one-sentence statement saying: “The assertions on the face of it are maliciously and preposterously false.” Notre Dame students sue school, White House over birth control policy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Go back to the autumn of 2013 to understand how preposterously misleading this kind of coverage is. If it’s hard for you to deal with Korean peace talks because of Trump, maybe get your head checked 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The size of Salzman’s largemouth is preposterously huge for Wyoming, where trout are king and large largemouth are rare. Wyoming record-breaking largemouth bass caught 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z He squats in their old place in the political ecosystem, pretending to care about ordinary Americans and preposterously claiming to be our instrument for getting even with the rich and the strong. Forget Trump – populism is the cure, not the disease 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z For most state enterprises the rate is 1:1, which preposterously overvalues the CUP. Cuba bids goodbye to the revolutionary generation 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z That this would occur on the same day that House Republican preposterously denied Russia's interference in our elections and sovereignty. Britain Blames Russia for Nerve Agent Attack on Former Spy 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z I am a staunch critic of much of what Trump represents, and I think he is preposterously unfit for the job and is generally taking the country - and world - in a terribly direction. A Sober Trump Reassures the Davos Elite 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The portions are generous, and the prices are preposterously low for a restaurant that does sushi-grade fish. Fremont Bowl’s chirashi lives up to the hype 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z His first feature length film was "Boys' Night Out," which featured Kim Novak and a storyline that now would be seen as preposterously politically incorrect. Filmmaker Martin Ransohoff dies at 90; produced 'Cincinnati Kid,' 'Catch-22' and "Jagged Edge' – LA Times 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z They’ve tried to hide them using accounting gimmicks — by assuming preposterously high returns on pension fund investments, for example — but eventually these debts will catch up to them. Opinion | Republicans have a plan to hurt blue states. It could backfire. 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Many Kenyans, even those who do not support Mr Odinga, worry that Mr Kenyatta is determined to push ahead with an election, no matter how preposterously flawed. Kenya’s fresh election is preposterously flawed 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z In May last year, he preposterously claimed that the father of a rival Republican, Ted Cruz, was seen with Oswald shortly before Kennedy’s death. Conspiracy theorists – in the Oval Office and out of it – await release of JFK files 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z As preposterously unlikely a scenario as it is, they could still technically overtake Germany with two wins but would need Azerbaijan to beat Joachim Löw’s side in Kaiserslautern next week to do so. World Cup 2018 qualifying: 10 things to look out for in this week's games 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z A preposterously muscled young man walked by, and McDormand followed him with her eyes. Frances McDormand’s Difficult Women 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In other words, and to repeat, Pence lied to America’s governors and, of course, to the American people when he preposterously guaranteed that Trumpcare “strengthens” and “secures” Medicaid. How can Mike Pence get away with outrageous lies about the health care bill? 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z All available evidence suggests they will do nothing of the kind, but as football fans we can only live in preposterously optimistic hope. Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the final day of the season 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Can he feed off his preposterously excellent 2016, rather than be chewed on by unrealistic projections that he is Honus Wagner? Trea Turner loves baseball so much, he can hardly feel the pressure 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z With 12 goals in his past six appearances, the striker Moussa Dembélé is in preposterously prolific form and continues to fire the bullets provided by Scott Sinclair, James Forrest and Patrick Roberts. FA Cup, Premier League and more: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Chomsky means the German Communists, who in the early 1930s were more critical of the reformist Social Democratic Party — which they preposterously labeled a “social fascist” party — than they were of the Nazis. Out of darkness, light: Will the Trumpian nightmare lead to a real “political revolution” after all? 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The list of Nats who qualify for description as “Who is Mr. X, really?” is almost preposterously long. Everyone knows these Washington Nationals’ names; no one knows their games 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Yet to walk past the student-run tent city of Krzyzewskiville and into the preposterously tiny Cameron on a January evening is to understand why Duke inspires passion not only among its detractors. Sympathy for the Blue Devils? Maybe This Year 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Lewis’s tenacity, or perhaps his preposterously ambitious sales predictions – 300,000 units in total throughout Europe – eventually convinced his bosses back in San Francisco. Fifa: the video game that changed football | Simon Parkin 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z He preposterously proclaimed that there was “no political repression” on the island, which was then ruled by President Jean-Claude Duvalier, a tyrant. Why Rudy Giuliani Shouldn’t Be Secretary of State 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Nowhere was this more palpable than in Brain’s preposterously elaborate plans. Letter of Recommendation: ‘Pinky and the Brain’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Stowell also wants her kids to grow up with a president who doesn’t, preposterously, think climate change is propaganda created by China. #ChefsWithHer: Seattle chefs on Hillary Clinton, politics and food policy 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z "After months of petulantly refusing to release his tax returns, and preposterously claiming an 'audit' for his alibi, Trump is now forced to 'handle' the issue on defense," remarks Arends. A Glimpse Into Trump's Taxes 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z It was because South Korea was that good, insanely, ridiculously, preposterously good. U.S. feels better about its silver medal in archery 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Charles S. Dutton starred as Roc Emerson, a preposterously cheap city sanitation worker who outfitted his home with other people’s trash, which he called his “perks.” Letter of Recommendation: ‘Roc’ 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But at its best, when the songs pack choruses as big as the band’s desire for grandiosity – Plug In Baby or Starlight – it’s both preposterous and preposterously entertaining. Glastonbury 2016 verdict: Muse, Adele, Coldplay and more 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Yet twice this week, Washington policymakers preposterously likened serious issues — veterans’ health care and the safety of the D.C. area’s deeply dysfunctional Metro system — to Disney amusement parks. D.C.’s Mickey Mouse policymakers keep comparing big problems to Disney World. Just stop. 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z In his estimation, the questions “run from easy to preposterously easy” and thus “should be a breeze.” The Troll Booth 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Here are some of the questions, which run from easy to preposterously easy: We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Gauthier agreed with this analysis, and added that the videos’ instrumental soundtracks, which are often preposterously jazzy or perkily electric, are geared to this build, too. How Recipe Videos Colonized Your Facebook Feed 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z When Trump descended preposterously from that escalator and announced he was running for president, we all giggled. Donald Trump can actually beat Hillary in November: Stubborn pundits still refuse to accept it 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Degnan said that number had been raised in a private meeting between the two men and that it was “preposterously” high. Port Authority Pledges Billions for Airport Upgrades and New Bus Terminal 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The following year, he doubled down on maximalism, putting on a show that was, preposterously, a retrospective of his own career. Jeremy Scott’s Haute-Kitsch Runway 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The body count is still preposterously high, but it’s not because some big baddy is blowing up a skyscraper. Review: Irreverent ‘Deadpool’ suffers from juvenile humor 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Material scientists also have noted that its “laser” should have been made of antimatter—but that the magnetic fields required to contain the antimatter would have been preposterously intense. The Real Science Inspired By Star Wars 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It was President Vladimir Putin who, challenged by President George W. Bush to explain Russia’s disappearing free press a decade ago, preposterously asked Mr. Bush why he’d fired CBS News’s Dan Rather. Russia’s doping game gets exposed 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Gordon — a preposterously dangerous No. 8 hitter for the first two games of this World Series — drew a walk to lead off the fifth inning in Game 2 Wednesday. In Age of the Strikeout, Royals Make Sure to Make Contact 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Even at this low point for Brazilian soccer – disappointing exits at the 2014 World Cup and this summer’s Copa America – the differences in technical skill, nuance and athletic ability were preposterously wide. A soccer friendly with an unfriendly score: Brazil 4, United States 1 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Which of course means less than nix at this preposterously early stage. US PGA Championship 2015: first round – live! 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It isn’t just that this versatile, accomplished, and interesting actor was preposterously rejected for not being more than 18 years younger than the her would-be male co-star. I'd prefer to watch Maggie Gyllenhaal in a movie than any 55-year-old man | Rebecca Shaw 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Turn up the volume to hear a preposterously shy Tyson at 19. From Tyson to LeBron: David Letterman's greatest sports interviews 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z That’s almost preposterously high praise, comparing this week’s edition of Better Call Saul to that iconic hour from the final season of Breaking Bad, but Episode 106 was simply that good. 'Better Call Saul' Episode 106 Is TV's Best Hour Since 'Breaking Bad's' Ozymandias. Really.. 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z A year ago, the general manager of the Brooklyn Nets constructed a preposterously gilded team. Everything Must Go! Knicks Start Over, Again 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Which of course means less than nix at this preposterously early stage. US PGA Championship 2015: first round – live! 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z To me this is why we’ve seen such a huge polarization in Hollywood lately between smaller films and these preposterously huge blockbusters that are either massive hits or colossal failures. What 'The Interview' Accidentally Taught Us About Digital Film Distribution 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z A London street map is a mess: a preposterously complex tangle of veins and capillaries, the cardiovascular system of a monster. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The incline near the top is rocky and preposterously steep. Challenge at Mission Peak: Finding a Place to Park 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Using a five-game series, just a blink in baseball time, to decide which team advances toward the World Series is preposterously imprecise. Hard truth is Nationals are not yet a match for the poised, traditional powers of the NL Which is also why claims to be a platform are preposterously common among tech companies. Hurd: Oracle Takes On Microsoft in the Cloud 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z In The Guest, he plays a preposterously buff and aggressive special operations vet returning from Iraq, visiting the grieving family of his dead team-mate. Dan Stevens: no more Mr Nice Guy 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z What a mess: It is a preposterously complex tangle of veins and capillaries, the cardiovascular system of a monster. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z He is in turn outdone by Brent Harris, preposterously attired and delightfully over the top as Sir Epicure Mammon, who dresses in gold and craves it, too. A Review of ‘The Alchemist’ in Madison 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z I speculated that, preposterously, if the ploy worked American and Iranian military forces would co-operate against a common Sunni enemy in Iraq and the entire sanctions program against Iran would be left forgotten. It's Time To Put The ISIS Threat In Perspective 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z “There is no denying that climbing Everest is a preposterously dangerous undertaking for the members who provide the Sherpas’ income. Why The U.S. Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-04-22T20:29:35Z Putin’s Olympics is preposterously outsized, but by the end of the Opening Ceremonies, it was hard to call it artificial. In Sochi, hotel complaints fall into chasm between global spectacle and underserved population 2014-02-07T17:55:40Z Crowder seemed to be on the verge of making a preposterously large pile of problems disappear. Is 'Justified's' Boyd Crowder The New Walter White? 2014-02-05T19:07:00Z The dominant feature is the sky, preposterously vast, beckoning test pilots, rocketeers and would-be space travelers. The new space race: Old and new companies vie to be the future of the space travel industry 2013-11-23T23:56:55Z The Story that Never Gets Old, a.k.a. the Sounders’ wild success as an infant franchise, just added another chapter to its preposterously riveting narrative. Clint Dempsey, Sounders enjoy mountain-moving day 2013-08-06T03:07:14Z Now austerity backers urge — preposterously — that infrastructure repairs be postponed until government budgets are in balance. Economic View: Austerity Won’t Work if the Roof Is Leaking 2013-07-06T20:15:02Z It is a preposterously grand occasion, held in the preposterously luxurious tax haven of Monte Carlo. The world's best entrepreneurs? 2013-06-11T23:20:58Z There were no spectators either, apart from a preposterously cheerful couple. Remembrance of games past warms a Siberian day of no play at Sussex 2013-04-05T18:12:00Z A meeting of two managers with similar philosophies and equally amusing abilities to put preposterously positive spins on even the most blatant failures. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2013-03-01T09:25:36Z There was a stimulus, sure, but it was such a preposterously aggressive act that you have to suspect more complicated emotions were at work. Shane Warne: a wax mannequin manqué who is growing old disgracefully 2013-01-08T12:42:02Z The country was preposterously rich in minerals and good land. IHT Rendezvous: The Source of Congo's Bleeding 2012-11-28T13:57:10Z Two partisans of the thesis, Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker, acknowledged in an opinion article in the Sunday Review last December that the idea that war was obsolescent might seem preposterously utopian. IHT Rendezvous: Europe Told to Count Its Blessings 2012-10-12T11:13:33Z This almost preposterously simple appetizer soars above salad-bar level thanks to good green olive oil and a sly kick of cracked white pepper. Restaurant Review: Nougatine at Jean Georges in Manhattan 2012-09-05T16:56:14Z “It is a preposterously bad idea — we are talking about federal trust lands that belong to the whole nation,” said Bobby McEnaney, a senior aide at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. News Analysis: Romney Would Give Reins to States on Drilling on Federal Lands 2012-08-24T01:16:39Z At one end, a Perkins Family Restaurant flies a preposterously large Stars and Stripes in its front yard, as if it were a federal building or an aircraft carrier. What’s a Monkey to Do in Tampa? 2012-08-23T10:04:05Z The error that was preposterously changed to a hit in the first inning? Rizzo's opening act rattles walls at Wrigley 2012-06-27T14:46:00Z Forcing someone to bite their tongue while others spread preposterously untrue allegations is the worst kind of torture. Why the Media Loves Writing About Facebook's IPO (or any IPO, scandal or lawsuit) 2012-05-18T13:35:53Z He even went a little preposterously beyond bounds, as others did later, when they learned that their old Welsh dressers and armchairs were a rarity and marketable, and proceeded to put ridiculous prices upon them. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Neither team played much defense in the first half, which ended in a 62-62 tie after a series of fast-break dunks and layups and some moments of preposterously sloppy play. Knicks 111, Bucks 107: Knicks Beat Bucks to Stay Ahead in Playoff Race 2012-04-12T03:49:46Z And, of course, the N.C.A.A. claims — preposterously — that athletes are students above all else. Op-Ed Columnist: Football and Swahili 2012-04-10T03:21:00Z The single that was preposterously ruled a double after Rizzo advanced on a throw in the fourth? Rizzo's opening act rattles walls at Wrigley 2012-06-27T14:46:00Z To the reader of the present day all savors of burlesque in the political utterances of that time, so preposterously violent were partisans on both sides. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z There is a house on that funeral mound, where generations of children have been born, and successive lives have been spent, undisturbed by the ghost of the stern Roman whose ashes were so preposterously burdened. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z As a matter of course, the vessels are preposterously overcrowded. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z He threw the fastest fastball in the majors, and he pitched one of the most preposterously dominating innings imaginable. Ian Desmond meets Gio Gonzalez again, Bryce Harper impresses Davey Johnson, Henry Rodriguez looks sharp, and a Phillies note 2012-03-01T01:19:00Z Her skin seemed inordinately, preposterously white to him as he stood up. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z I never went through those mean outskirts of Tihran which are within the city walls without being reminded of a man in shabby clothes preposterously too big for him. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The idea that there never would have been any disease or death in this world had it not been for the eating of the forbidden fruit is preposterously unsci- entific. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z I recall going into the bedroom once where a shawl had been dropped on the pillow, like ... so like ... and the memories of infinitesimal neglects that began to show now preposterously blamable. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z But for the moment they seemed preposterously new. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z "So that you think——" "I think that you are preposterously in love with the girl, and that she knows it." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Zola, the Boston College assistant dean, said coaches have become “preposterously powerful,” and chancellors and trustees must “realign their mission along with athletic priority.” Paterno Put Penn State Money Above Abuse Disclosure 2011-12-27T11:54:07Z His insolent programme was known; he proposed on the morrow to thrust his preposterously unfit candidate for the mayoralty, together with a few other objectionable nominees for divers offices, down the throat of the convention. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The idea that war is obsolescent may seem preposterously utopian. Opinion: War Really Is Going Out of Style 2011-12-18T01:46:01Z In Egypt the incitements were a preposterously fraudulent 2010 national election and, as in Tunisia, a not uncommon act of unforgivable brutality by security agents. TIME's Person of the Year: The Protester 2011-12-14T13:05:30Z Japan is preposterously strict over trifling matters but turns a blind eye to serious ones. Japan?s stock exchanges: Listing, not keeling 2011-11-24T10:47:59Z He answered preposterously that he was hired as a “historian,” not a lobbyist. Gingrich the “Historian” Skips Over his Own Past: Jonathan Alter 2011-11-18T06:07:59Z The praise is fulsome, exaggerated, and often preposterously untrue. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z There was a tennis racquet for Harry, but the lights all went out when he had just reached the clothes-basket, and Abracadabra blew her nose so preposterously that his ear sang with it afterwards. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z If she possess unaffected modesty and a keen sense of honor and virtue, who is to recognise and appreciate those amiable qualities in a society which is preposterously estranged from all natural susceptibilities? The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The whole thing seemed to me both preposterously lovely and quite movingly absurd. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z And one after another, the objects of art and beauty were sold to different buyers at a preposterously low figure. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Even more preposterously, only they -- and not the police or Pentagon -- have these atomic weapons. How did Rocky and Drago avoid steroid testing? 2011-08-22T17:01:00Z He had been standing tentatively, hat in hand, after escorting back Mrs. Maclaughlin and some, as it seemed to Charlotte, preposterously large bundles. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The scene was the little room it pleased Blanche to call her parlor, and the time a preposterously early hour of the following forenoon. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z The Kop's modern rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone is getting so preposterously fast that they might as well replace it with a tune that clips along at the speed they're clearly after. Liverpool Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011-08-07T23:05:41Z That’s good, because the New York Jets and the Philadelphia Eagles will soon test the boundaries of your set with their preposterously large presences. Ventre: Will fans survive a season of Eagles, Jets hype? 2011-08-03T01:57:20Z The vessels in which he was preparing to tempt fortune seem preposterously small. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z I ask anyone endowed with common sense—could there be a more preposterously grotesque misrepresentation than this of such a well-known scene as the annual pilgrimage to the Derby Race? A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z True, the house is large, preposterously large—as I told my dear, indulgent father when he bought it. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z This morning his daughter calls upon you on a preposterously transparent errand. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z A diverse group of thousands of species of gooey, saclike invertebrates found in waterways throughout the world, the jellyfish are preposterously ancient, dating back 600 million to 700 million years or longer. So Much More Than Plasma and Poison 2011-06-06T16:11:53Z It can hardly be economy of labour and material that dictates this, for—if so—why is the usual hanging wardrobe made so preposterously too tall? Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Alps in height, girls affright Men, like me, of puny figure; They are too tall, but you Are preposterously bigger. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z "I know not what you look like," answered the other; "but I am sure you talk preposterously to call this inn a castle." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The poet was excessively short and preposterously ugly, but he was subtle and agreeable, and he already possessed to a conspicuous degree the art of pleasing. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The party were in sore dismay, for the interesting patient had begun to maunder very preposterously in his talk. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z The kid, preposterously talented as he is, played his way into the Test and ODI teams off the back of his performances in the tournament. Betting busts, bangers and Bhaji 2011-02-08T11:35:32Z But with prodigious fortunes like Astor's and Vanderbilt's, the instinct of accumulation which increases what is already preposterously great may struggle to keep it accumulating after death. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Out of the corner of his eye, Bicknell said he noticed someone tall and reed thin jump preposterously high in a vertical leap test. Unheralded Packers Cornerback Is Taking Away All Doubt 2011-01-21T16:20:16Z The huge stove, too, which served also the purpose of an oven, made his room preposterously small, and on baking days it threw out a greater quantity of heat than was consistent with comfort. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z “She is preposterously sighing after a stripling with languishing eyes and soft hair, who loves her,” said the caliph.—“Where is he?” asked Carathis. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z She was not really pretty, she had an impossible way of dressing, her house was preposterously arranged. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z A preposterously warm welcome for Albert Riera, some wonderfully choreographed goal celebrations and a baseball in the swingers are among the myriad delights on offer in this week's Classic YouTube. The Fiver: Bob Nudd, and Hamburger Phone 2010-07-29T15:35:00Z It’s not that the move added to a preposterously long game. Buying Time For Mariano Rivera Costs Yankees Some Grief 2010-05-28T02:53:00Z The preposterously monikered Red Knights insist they are still intent on lodging a bid for Manchester United despite reports of rifts emerging within the group. The Fiver: Howard Webb and Diego Maradona 2010-05-20T15:26:00Z But it is undermined by a preposterously early start, brought about by the relentless, short-term yearning among the administrators to make as much money as possible as quickly as possible. Vic Marks: ECB greed damages county championship 2010-04-03T20:00:00Z With their players waving bricks, broken bottles and, preposterously, a chair, the referee had no option but to call the game off there and then. The Joy of Six: Footballing brawls | Scott Murray 2010-03-19T10:36:00Z Like so many of them, it looks preposterously suspect in retrospect, though it seemed fantastically alluring at the time. 2010-01-14T07:04:00Z The terms of the patent were preposterously wide, conferring sovereignty over Canada, together with a monopoly of trade. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical I know you will say that such a Book of Forecasts will be at first a preposterously insufficient book—that every year will show it up and make it more absurd. The Salvaging Of Civilisation Their batons, often preposterously large, of leather or of split clacking wood, and sometimes gilded, had much to do on the shooting-ground. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. But extreme ladylike, sir, Aunt Belinda is ever preposterously feminine and ladylike, sir. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Oh, if you knew how preposterously, how inexpressibly, how incomprehensibly, I have been injured by him, you would almost forget his conduct towards yourself. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise When she thought of it she felt inclined to laugh, it was so preposterously out of keeping with her social position. By Right of Conquest A Novel Yet she was not, for he had come with this preposterously worded letter to wreck all her plans. Helena Brett's Career Wetherbee stared into the shaven, haunted face thus preposterously thrust at him across the years. Where the Pavement Ends I had grown—that was what was the matter with me—precipitately, preposterously anxious. The Sacred Fount She was slim and tall, and had crinkly dark eyebrows, and an oval face, and misty grey eyes with a dreamy, faraway expression, and fringed with a double row of preposterously long eyelashes. What a Man Wills The higher offices are equally greedily seized, and equally as preposterously over-paid. Here and There in London It was all preposterously matter-of-fact and, at the same time, stupidly romantic. The Destroying Angel Are we not nightly persuaded, as they daily are, that we associate preposterously with kings and queens, emperors and empresses, and notabilities of all sorts? A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time But what was remarkable, the more uncomfortable the house became, and the less prospect there was of staying in it, the more preposterously fond did the tenant grew of his precarious habitation. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales That is, of course, preposterously false throughout the service. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Just as he had traveled third-class, so he had preposterously planned to send his luggage on by carrier, and plod the five miles between town and station on foot. The Return of the Prodigal Judged by the assertions of newspaper correspondents, women are at one and the same time preposterously masculine, contemptibly feminine, ridiculously intellectual, repulsively athletic, and revoltingly frivolous. Modern marriage and how to bear it Peggy, I warn you that when you look so–preposterously cheerful, it makes me feel like throwing something.” Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted But it was a preposterously difficult task to get across an undercut to where he could grasp a stunted tree. The Invaders The bulky figure of the Regent who, under the influence of copious port wine libations and general good living, had grown preposterously fat, is admirably preserved by both the Cruikshanks. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. The current number of The Lark is, if possible, more curious, more quaint, more preposterously humorous, and more original than its predecessors. The Purple Cow! And yet, how preposterously she had accounted for his conduct! The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 A Puck-like sprite it may please to see "All things befall preposterously." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 And as this has been granted you, it is clear that you have made full atonement—if you'll pardon the use of such a preposterously extravagant term. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays The females are a combination of the styles of Gillray and Cruikshank, and, with one exception, are old, ugly, and preposterously fat. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. These provisions were not preposterously More's carelessness in observing these provisions. lenient. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Her last statement awakened in him a preposterously impossible suspicion which, now that he had a chance to glance about the room, was confirmed instantly––absolutely. Once to Every Man Such a state of matters is preposterously absurd, and, to my thinking, quite irreligious—it at least tends to make hypocrites. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland His voice told how preposterously inadequate was the word. Counsel for the Defense The preposterously plump cattle probably affected me as only another form of romantic fiction. A Son of the Middle Border After a while, Gustav appeared before them, bearing a huge tray of bouillon and sandwiches, with which he was striking the most eccentric angles; and Blythe 28 discovered that she was preposterously hungry. A Bookful of Girls It is a preposterously false and therefore dangerous thought; but I admit it is magnificently expressed. Too Old for Dolls A Novel Compared with that, what does the average man know of the fighting she can do, when she has reached the end of that preposterously misleading performance called her trial trip? Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles “I wonder if people ever grow up at all here,” Constantia said, smiling, “you are all so preposterously young, you know.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Marvellousness has a preposterously large space assigned it, being really a small organ at the summit of Ideality, which exercises a more intellectual and less superstitious function than has been given it. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 He was lame, and leaned on the arm of an old native woman, smothered in curls and frizzes, preposterously powdered, and in European dress. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere This would be untrue to nature, false to art, preposterously absurd, and I pronounce it to be altogether erroneous. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. This is his costume: a broad-brimmed hat with a low crown, which is something like a topper absurdly flattened down, with brims preposterously broadened out. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia He delighted to see her with the large dogs, with whom she gave herself great airs, “because,” as he said, “she looks so preposterously small.” My Father as I Recall Him It is a book preposterously and outrageously funny. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations This travesty on the conventional traditions of the wraith is preposterously delightful, one of the cleverest ghost stories in our language. Humorous Ghost Stories I am no longer young, of course; yet, in years, I am not preposterously old. The Light of Scarthey Through it all, through all her dreadful virility, she had always been persistently and preposterously feminine. The Creators A Comedy He turned to his First Lieutenant, a youth some years his junior with preposterously long eyelashes. The Long Trick The learned believed nothing; the vulgar almost everything, if it was but preposterously absurd enough. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 That is one of the chief offices of religion in this preposterously busy age. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion She was pretty,—no doubt of it,—preposterously pretty! A Venetian June If he approved of Miss Collett it was because she was no longer recognizable as the Miss Collett they had so preposterously thrust on him. The Creators A Comedy The person who knocked proved to be a very large, rosy-cheeked female, who might be a big, overgrown child or a preposterously immature woman for all Lydia, looking at her in perplexity, could make out. The Squirrel-Cage The new king in motley arose; heedless, devil-may-care, very erect in his preposterously pointed shoes. Under the Rose She wore a smartly cut tweed coat and skirt, and a soft felt hat with a pheasant’s wing, and her brown shoes looked quite preposterously small and bright. The Love Affairs of Pixie Schillie.—"I confess I have a weakness for that child, she is so preposterously mischievous." Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The little thing had a will of her own; she was indeed, for her size, preposterously over-charged with will. The Creators A Comedy The period of minority appears therefore to have been as unreasonably short as the duration of the disabilities of women was preposterously long. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society These beasts were carefully bred from approved fighting stock, and often brought sums preposterously large. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Very often, too, the conceit embodied is preposterously poor. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation In filling up some of the gaps he might have been preposterously wrong. The Grell Mystery That evening, as he sat in his chair, with Rose's cat curled up on his knee, he found himself thinking, preposterously thinking, about Rose. The Creators A Comedy Surely no well-wisher so sincere as the average parent ever ill-treated his charge so preposterously.” The Daughters of Danaus We know that householders were not only paid, but that they were in many cases preposterously overpaid. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Ah-wow also had cheek bones which were uncommonly high, and a forehead which was preposterously low, and a body which was rather squat, and a tout ensemble which was desperately ugly. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West They were shown into what the boy must have considered—if he considered anything at all just then—a preposterously small room. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure This was a testing question, and for some time remained unanswered, while the chiefs and braves looked preposterously solemn. The Big Otter At last he perceived it, a curious fat-bodied little bird with a pair of preposterously long legs, which stood eyeing its companions as if in contemplative pity. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood She showed, with a pride perhaps partly mercantile in origin, his pockets preposterously swollen with tops and whistles and string. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) He, too, had gone into real-estate—a lean, wiry little man, incredibly arid and energetic, and carrying a preposterously large mustache. On the Stairs In fact, she was what you may style most preposterously ugly; her figure was large and masculine; her hair red; and her face very deeply indented with the small pox. Newton Forster The Merchant Service I noticed most of your people here ride with a preposterously short stirrup; this one rode like a gentleman cavalier. Doom Castle He certainly started with a preposterously high ideal, for he says that when a schoolboy he thought a fair woman a pure goddess. The Bibliotaph and Other People Whereas Clara fatalistically dismissed her father’s attitude as only one more of the preposterously unreasonable phenomena which she was constantly meeting in life; and she persevered grimly with her obscene word. Clayhanger They are far more developed in an eagle than a robin; but you know how unpardonably and preposterously awkward an eagle is when he hops. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds His figures were so preposterously incorrect as to justify the suspicion of intentional misstatement. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Orbaneja, the painter of Ube´da, who painted so preposterously that he inscribed under his objects what he meant them for. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The idea of anybody, after Noah's experience, being foolish enough to build a craft of that kind, to say nothing of working it with a tea-kettle, is preposterously abs ... The Autobiography of Methuselah I know— None better—how one's feelings grow Distinctly kin to mutiny, To see one's assets limping in, All too preposterously thin To stand a moment's scrutiny. Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses No woman can earn a living without some mortifying experiences, but the more conceited she is the more such experiences she meets, because she is inclined to attempt things preposterously beyond her. Girls and Women Those things do best please me That fall out preposterously," or, "Lord! Shakespeare's Christmas Gift to Queen Bess "Oh, hold your tongues, you wretched girls," cried Dora, standing at bay, stamping one small foot in a slipper with a preposterously large rosette. A Houseful of Girls His flat dark hair and preposterously long frock-coat gave him something of the look of a child's "Noah." The Napoleon of Notting Hill I said to myself, "ghosts! how absurd! how preposterously absurd! such an adorable spot as this can only harbour sunshine and flowers." Scottish Ghost Stories He selected her dress, fastened it, scolded her for putting her hat on crooked, and laced up her preposterously high boots. The Hippodrome She felt like an ignorant child, and almost preposterously English, as she talked to Madame Sennier, who became voluble in reply. The Way of Ambition It is too funny, May; too preposterously funny. A Houseful of Girls He either neglected to attack these ships or attempted it preposterously. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Perhaps because in some ways it did resemble his own, that face was more preposterously nonhuman. The Time Traders There were impossibly jagged stones, preposterously steep cliffs. Operation: Outer Space And in everything he said and did he was almost preposterously unreserved. The Way of Ambition But we now preposterously compute not the years we have studied, but the years we have lived. The Training of a Public Speaker Again the vessels in which he was preparing to tempt fortune seem preposterously small. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The Puritans have affected to call everything by a Scripture' name; the new comers affected to call everything by its right name; 'As if preposterously they would confess A forced hypocrisy in wickedness.' The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 He asked ninety cents on the dollar for them, but this the bankers considered preposterously high. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Majendie judged that Maggie's mouth was the prettiest feature in her face, and there was something about it that reminded him, preposterously, of Anne. The Helpmate It is thoroughly imperial: grave, grand, and yet not preposterously gorgeous. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three We met once and he bragged preposterously about his Arab ponies. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Reflection here became merged in the shapeless and futile fumings of a man badly in love and preposterously jealous. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches If not, his was the most preposterously precipitate of poets' marriages; for a month after leaving home he presented a mistress to his astounded nephews and housekeeper. Life of John Milton Its staff may appear preposterously large and its methods unduly dilatory, but the fact remains that it is one of the few public departments that actually pays its way. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 "I told Ronnie that he was utterly, preposterously, and altogether selfish, and that I was ashamed of him." The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Worthington estimated his fortune at fifteen millions, growing at the rate of a million yearly, and was not preposterously far afield. The Clarion But that further confession will be forthcoming is now wildly and preposterously problematical. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 The foremost man of all this world once whined like a sick girl for his physic, and preposterously overestimated his swimming powers; yet his greatness found him out! Idolatry A Romance She had taken the most preposterously long time to put Richard to bed. The Judge Yet she had called him utterly, preposterously, altogether, selfish, because he had quite naturally expected her to be as interested as ever in his pursuits and pleasures. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Relief for tender consciences means nothing, where the conscience has previously relieved itself,—that is, has complied with the injunctions which it seeks preposterously to be rid of. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 But the catastrophe and the melodramatics about War-Office secrets, preposterously put on paper, and still more preposterously preserved, simply knocked the wind of reality out of the whole affair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 They are nobler and loftier, being second, than when perversely, and, in the literal sense, preposterously, they assume to be first. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Instead of continuing my early prejudice, which I now recall was preposterously in your favour, I survey you coldly for the first time. The Seeker If I knew why she suddenly considered me utterly, preposterously, altogether, selfish, I would do my level best to put it right. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Bean was preposterously working once more, playing the part of a cog on the wheel. Bunker Bean His flats were the most sumptuous and the most preposterously expensive in London; and they were never tenantless. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes We will pass in review the properties with which materialists preposterously endow it. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Or, again, as if for all these months, she had been playing a part in a preposterously long play, on which the curtain was, presently, going to be rung down. The Real Adventure I attached my rope to the poker with an expert knot that I had picked up at a course in tying knots during a preposterously dull week I had spent at the base in France. The Man with the Clubfoot Hence no member, after this period, could dress himself preposterously, or follow the fleeting fashions of the world, without coming under the authority of friendly and wholesome admonition. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Again these fellows were blue-eyed and drab, and, as such, were decent and reasonable, while he was brown-eyed and preposterously fair-haired. Tell England A Study in a Generation At that moment he was gazing at Nelly Powers, "taking her in" thought Marise, from her beautiful hair to those preposterously high-heeled shoes she always would wear on her shapely feet. The Brimming Cup He sat himself down on a preposterously low chair, his knees on a level with his chin. The Inheritors For he offered to sell this letter to the third party, mentioning a sum so preposterously high that it attracted the earnest attention of our Intelligence people. The Man with the Clubfoot The sleeves also were preposterously large, in accordance with the custom of the times. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall But her limbs were trembling again, and her eyes seemed preposterously large as they stared up at him from the white face. The Devil's Garden That would be acting preposterously, like a silly, self-consciously virtuous matron. The Brimming Cup He was holding at arm's-length, as he spoke, an oblong scrap of filmy blue sky and marshy green fields in a preposterously wide, flat, dull gold frame, and looking at it in a puzzled way. A Daughter of To-Day Thereafter, Mrs. Morgan rode the roan alternate quarters of miles, and between times walked—if walk may describe her stumbling progress on two preposterously tiny feet with a man supporting her on either side. Dutch Courage and Other Stories Where you got your preposterously exaggerated idea of the value of text-book science I am at a loss to understand. Queed This last remark was so preposterously unlike Valentine that Julian could not for a moment accept it as uttered seriously. Flames It's all on such a preposterously big scale now. The Brimming Cup Her eyes are fine enough, but their expression comes from their color, their size, and their preposterously long eyelashes. The Touchstone of Fortune Exultant though he often felt in his new office, and the preposterously large salary attached to it, he reminded himself constantly that he trod on unsure ground. The Mating of Lydia If it wasn't for Viola you could tick off each year with a note of his preposterously increasing income, and say that was all there was in it. The Belfry He knew he was being preposterously unfair to America, and outrageously uncivil to a trusting guest; he knew he had no business now to end the talk in this violent fashion. Mr. Britling Sees It Through There had been no room for doubt on that point when she saw him in the flush of his intellectual passion, bursting so joyously, so preposterously, into Greek. The Divine Fire How many more the same patient hand might have dealt with, if its exacting owner hadn't thrown up her work—so preposterously! Elizabeth's Campaign From her glistening hair of gold to the tip of her white satin slippers, with preposterously high heels, this was the new incarnation of the woman who ends the Nineteenth Century. The Son of Clemenceau They are preposterously small," he said--"not at all the kind of thing I expected. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 She was always ready to give the family case away--to give everything away, preposterously. Lady Connie To speak more plainly, it is that time, of an hour, or an hour and a half's duration, in which a man whose occasions call him up so preposterously has to wait for his breakfast. The Bed-Book of Happiness An absurd and childish thought, preposterously rash; but it came into his mind, and—what is more—it stuck there! The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns In fact, she was what you may style most preposterously ugly; her figure was large and masculine; her hair red; and her face very deeply indented with the small-pox. Newton Forster The characters are, for the most part, inordinately dull, preposterously conceited, and insufferably brutal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 24, 1891 They had one daughter, to whom they devoted themselves--preposterously, their friends thought; but for twenty years, they were three happy people together. Lady Connie The reader may be curious to know by what means Mr. Astor became so preposterously rich. Famous Americans of Recent Times The mantelpieces were so preposterously high that not even a giant could have sat at the fireplace and put his feet on them. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Even more, she was struck that just by living together as they did, she could feel a twinge of pain so easily and so preposterously. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America It was like crossing London for the space of distance covered; an immense city—yet is it a city, or merely a village preposterously overgrown? Kimono Instead of whistling at the plough, such a writer almost deserves to be whipped at the cart's tail for so preposterously dogmatic an assumption. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 The boatmen caught at this, as a drowning man catches at a straw, and put in bids at rates preposterously low,—all except Cornelius Vanderbilt. Famous Americans of Recent Times I was quite willing to be patronized by a man of years and experience; but Pickering was my own age, and his experience of life seemed to me preposterously inadequate. The House of a Thousand Candles Bobby has garlanded Tou Tou preposterously with laurel, to give us an idea, as he says, of how he himself will look by-and-by, after some future Trafalgar. Nancy "From what part, may I ask?" continued the girl, with a slight inclination of her head to one side and a flash from beneath the preposterously long lashes toward his hand. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Calmly considered, she was preposterously thin, but men, at least, could not think merely of her thinness, unless, when walking with her, they became fascinated by its shadow on the ground. Tommy and Grizel Yet even the Puritans came to battle in attire which would have seemed preposterously gaudy to the plain men of our own Revolution. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 At last, she came to a letter of many pages, covered with a scrawl that looked preposterously fashionable. The Man from Brodney's His face is generally hidden in his hands, but once or twice he lifts it to scan the proportions of my late grandfather's preposterously fat cob, whose portrait hangs on the wall above his head. Nancy They had added preposterously and continue to add on a gigantic scale and without any evident limits to the continuation of their additions, to the resources of humanity. An Englishman Looks at the World In the mean time, he would dispute the motives of her change; how preposterously, let all men judge, when he seemed to deny the subject of the controversy, the change itself. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes Next day, when Kimberley, preposterously overdressed and thoroughly ashamed of himself, was trying to talk business in Mr. Begg's office, the Earl of Windgall was announced. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Again, what king was ever so preposterously impudent as to have all the profits, and kindnesses, and privileges of his kingdom on sale? The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 In a small piazza near the intersection of the main streets is a Dominican church, whose black and white inlaid marbles are amazing in their elaborateness, astounding in their preposterously bad taste. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 This resolution was made in deference to the opinion of others, and to the public feeling, which was so preposterously excited. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Are we not nightly persuaded, as they daily are, that we associate preposterously with kings and queens, emperors and empresses, and notabilities of all sorts? The Uncommercial Traveller Seventy times seven times have I plucked up my hat and been about to depart—Seventy times seven times have you preposterously forced me to resume my seat. Wuthering Heights A man, with a preposterously wicked face, his right hand pressed dramatically to his heart, was falling backward to the floor. Love of Life and Other Stories About six years ago, London became again most preposterously musical. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 He was offered the situation of brakeman; but, to tell you the truth, our friend Greatheart has grown preposterously stiff and narrow in his old age. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories The head itself was preposterously small and was supported on an equally preposterous, thick, short neck. Before Adam "It is a preposterously big reward for the merest act of courtesy," he insisted. The Market-Place Meanwhile, I had better go and look for that preposterously beautiful Elena. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Woe be to all who in morals preposterously put the cart before the horse! Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Our heroine being sensible that she had been ridiculously credulous in her dealings with Lady Pierrepoint, was now inclined to be preposterously suspicious. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 And what matter what he says?—I'm not bound to him, especially as he never popped me the question, being so preposterously bashful, as them Englishmen have the misfortune to be. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 That was not the way I ended it first—but unsymmetrically, preposterously, illogically, out of passion, without art—like a song of the people. Becket and other plays I mean to say, they had started a rag with me—a bit of chaff—and I now found myself rather preposterously enjoying the manner in which they had chivied me. Ruggles of Red Gap Most of the other American "histories" of that period were the most preposterously bombastic works that ever saw print. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Again, this supposed probability is too preposterously extravagant to be for an instant credited because it cannot for a moment be comprehended. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century He affected the lover preposterously; he was over weary of his rough life, he would say; he must marry and settle down in the hut by the brook. The Forest Lovers As he spoke, his voice, brought into sharp contrast with the changeful and animated voice of Carey, sounded almost preposterously thin and worn out. The Woman with the Fan For a half-hour, I dare say, we discussed details there in the cold night, not seeing that it was quite preposterously bizarre. Ruggles of Red Gap So they stood a full half-minute,—Thane seeing nothing, hearing his heart beat preposterously in the silence. A Touch of Sun and Other Stories In his ideas he was preposterously humanitarian; a prodigious worker, his vigor of mind seemed never exhausted by his labors; in theory an idealist, in his private life he was charged with being scandalously sensual. Henrik Ibsen The two rose together and sailed off into space, like an aeroplane, with a preposterously long rudder, the arrow out behind. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Sometimes they seemed to him so preposterously silly that they were quite funny, and he forgot that they were his own…. Jean-Christophe, Volume I And here the matter was preposterously left, the aspirants for this social honour patiently bending their knees to the erstwhile despised Cousin Egbert, and the latter being visibly puffed up. Ruggles of Red Gap Two shapes in white, with shadows preposterously lengthening, went down the hill. A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Throughout this tangled and variegated scene the spirits of the author remain almost preposterously high. Henrik Ibsen She brushed and combed the silver-haired terrier, who looked abjectly depressed whilst this was doing, and preposterously proud when it was done. Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories Indeed he had kept no account of these double- fanged little documents; he had signed them whenever told to do so, and had even been so preposterously foolish as to sign them in blank. The Three Clerks All at once I was feeling preposterously sorry for the creature. Ruggles of Red Gap Or were they all so preposterously clever that the Old Country would straightway evaporate into thin air unless they sat in some comfortable office, while our own youngsters were being blown to pieces out yonder? Alone A servant at the White House testifies that he was approached by emissaries who offered him a sum almost preposterously large to put a powder in the milk for the Lincoln family's table. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form For the time, one would have been preposterously conceited to have felt his littleness in that crowd; you never thought of yourself in an individual capacity at all. Suburban Sketches Had he been content to have let that have been twenty Year a doing, which he impatiently as well as preposterously attempted all at once.------- The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon This preposterous being was preposterously sentimental over a pair of ponies and an earless donkey. Over the Pass Combine not preposterously in thine own person the penalties of Lazarus and of Dives!—but, when thou seest the proper authority coming, meet it smilingly, as it were half-way. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The preposterously long hours, the ill-ventilated rooms, the savage monotony of her toil, none of these reached the girl through the glow of hope and ambition. The Power and the Glory I shall engage the table flippantly: Hear how preposterously the fellow talks!—he jests to satisfy a grudge. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come But preposterously, Miss Cronin's absurd misconception seemed to have power over his conscience, and that again over his appearance and gait. December Love All this Pope could not determine; but the exciting cause he has determined, and it is preposterously below the effect. Biographical Essays To speak more plainly, it is that time, of an hour, or an hour and a half's duration, in which a man, whose occasions call him up so preposterously, has to wait for his breakfast. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia It is, however, self-evident that any service open to Judas would have been preposterously overpaid by thirty talents, a sum which exceeded five thousand pounds sterling. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Who would ever believe, then, anything so preposterously improbable as that the great Q.C. himself was the murderer? What's Bred in the Bone In the mean time, if you are serious about a position, I may, preposterously enough, set you in the way of it. The Beautiful Lady Ephraim wore list slippers and coats of duster-cloth, so preposterously patterned that the most brazen of British subalterns would have shied from them in fear. Life's Handicap It disclosed a poorly lighted stairway, very broad, unrailed, and preposterously steep. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life She loves him—I was about to say, preposterously. At Last Not long since, a critic asserted that changes in one of my characters, resulting from total loss of memory, were preposterously impossible. Taken Alive He had vanished from her life as he had come into it—madly, preposterously. The Old Wives' Tale Clark's course of physic is lightening my abdominal troubles, but I am preposterously weak with a kind of shabby broken-down indifference to everything. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 "Which is preposterously ridiculous in the hospital," said Jock, endeavouring to smile. Magnum Bonum That conviction had somehow been with us, and I had really heard our hour begin to strike on Peg's coming back to us from her co-educative adventure so preposterously "engaged." The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors Her hat-brims went up or down, were preposterously wide or dwindled to an inch, as the mode demanded. Work: a Story of Experience The great clock was striking seven, a preposterously late hour for supper, and etiquette was stronger than sentiment or perplexity. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland His speech sounded preposterously boastful and hollow; but he was manfully in earnest; every word came from his brave heart. Alice of Old Vincennes It is preposterously lofty; indeed, a capital bird's-eye view of the congregation ought to be had from its summit. Omoo It is only the preposterously young who expect a man to rhapsodise over somebody else's inamorata at such a moment. Simon the Jester He was quite as broad as he was long, though he was not preposterously stout. The Vultures This is somewhat above strange: A nymph of her feature and lineament, to be so preposterously rude! well, I will but cool myself at yon spring, and follow her. Cynthia's Revels He laughed gaily, for he seemed in a preposterously good humour, and bidding Gonzaga lead the way he followed, with Guidobaldo at his side. Love-at-Arms They were little, dried-up Frenchmen, in long, straight gowns of black cloth, and unsightly three-cornered hats—so preposterously big that, in putting them on, the reverend fathers seemed to extinguish themselves. Omoo No, I am saying too much—he does stick to his literary and legal aspirations; and he naturally would select the very two things which he is wholly and preposterously unfitted for. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Their schemes may be summed up in attempts, more or less preposterously futile, to graft a class of independent peasants on our system of wages and capital. Signs of Change That the forces banded against the Lord's anointed would prove victorious must at this time have appeared preposterously unlikely to the fiery Governor and the ultra-loyal Virginia whom he led. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Here Mr. Oakhurst commanded a halt, and, going to the door, astounded the proprietor by a preposterously extravagant offer for a choice of the flowers. Tales of the Argonauts The idea of having too much to eat was so preposterously funny that Tammy doubled up with laughter and nearly tumbled over his crutches. Greyfriars Bobby Never believe, though in my nature reigned All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood, That it could so preposterously be stained To leave for nothing all thy sum of good! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 They consisted each of a cat and a monkey, fantastically draped, in some preposterously sentimental conjunction. The Madonna of the Future The cooking arrangements were preposterously inadequate, and the laundry was a farce. Eminent Victorians "How preposterously you talk, my dear friend!" said he. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner There is a home on that funereal mound, where generations of children have been born, and successive lives been spent, undisturbed by the ghost of the stern Roman whose ashes were so preposterously burdened. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni “She is preposterously sighing after a stripling with languishing eyes and soft hair, who loves her,” said the Caliph. The History of Caliph Vathek Camusot understood at once that he had blundered preposterously in laying snares for Lucien, and he began by obeying the two fine ladies—he lighted a taper, and burned the letter written by the Duchess. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life My genteel walk in life led me away from all immediate sources of emolument, and my father could only afford to give me an allowance which was too preposterously small to be mentioned. A Rogue's Life He nodded, but checked speech at sight of a small boy driving a cow up the road, a preposterously big shotgun in one hand, in the other as preposterously big a jackrabbit. The Valley of the Moon There came along a gigantic female figure, seven feet high, at least, and taking up a third of the street's breadth with the preposterously swelling sphere of her crinoline skirts. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni Ideas of ours which we deemed innate find in them no home, while methods which strike us as preposterously unnatural appear to be their birthright. The Soul of the Far East Then I observed that myself had preposterously deceived me, that it wasn't like that at all. The Pool in the Desert “I wish I were a woman so as to tell you how preposterously insane and impossible it is,” he blurted out. Adventure Between them was a pole inconceivably slender, on them were harnesses preposterously string-like and fragile. The Valley of the Moon A young man, in a black suit, with a mop of hair and a preposterously tall starched collar, walked to the centre of the ring and held up his hand. The Game Then at last, simply as if by accident and out of mere boredom on a day that was rather flat, she preposterously produced her own. In the Cage He was governed by a preposterously exacting temperament, and he wore his nerves outside. The Pool in the Desert That convalescent visitor practically lived on the veranda, though, while preposterously weak and shaky in the legs, he had for some time insisted on coming in to join them at the table at meals. Adventure The explorer's joy, the sense of adventure, the feeling of wildness and freedom, withered and crumpled somewhat preposterously at the sight of the parlour-cars. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things I saw how little and feeble is the life of man, a thing of chances, preposterously unable to find the will to realise even the most timid of its dreams. The World Set Free "Hold the Fort" was the tune, "Money Musk" was the dance; and it was a preposterously bad fit. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature It made the heavy alcohol-driven automobile of the time ridiculous in appearance as well as preposterously costly. The World Set Free |
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