unlikely tale
Frequency: 6.57.5 per million words
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Examples (10)
- He told an unlikely tale about being kidnapped by aliens.
- Despite its absurdity, many people believed her unlikely tale.
- The suspect spun an unlikely tale to explain his whereabouts.
- It sounded like an unlikely tale, but it turned out to be true.
- She regaled us with an unlikely tale of her adventures in the desert.
- No one was convinced by his unlikely tale of lost treasure.
- The book begins with an unlikely tale of a talking cat.
- I know it seems like an unlikely tale, but I saw it with my own eyes.
- The witness provided an unlikely tale that contradicted the evidence.
- He has a habit of weaving unlikely tales to impress his friends.