sound improbable
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
To seem unlikely when heard or read about.
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Examples (10)
- His story may sound improbable, but it turned out to be true.
- The idea of a perpetual motion machine sounds improbable.
- At first, her excuse sounded completely improbable to me.
- Even if it sounds improbable, we must investigate every lead.
- Many scientific breakthroughs once sounded improbable.
- The claims made in the advertisement sound highly improbable.
- Does the proposed solution sound too improbable to implement?
- His explanation began to sound increasingly improbable as he continued.
- To an outsider, their plan would sound utterly improbable.
- The chances of winning the lottery often sound incredibly improbable.