IMPLAUSIBLE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for IMPLAUSIBLE, such as:

1. He gave a series of increasingly implausible excuses.
2. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse.
3. Though her alibi seemed implausible, it in fact turned out to be true.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPLAUSIBLE
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implausible
 a.  unlikely; difficult to believe; dubious
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Example Sentence:
1  Those sneaky lawyers misrepresented what occurred, made up all sorts of implausible alternative scenarios to confuse the jurors, and in general depended on chicanery to win the case.
2  Though her alibi seemed implausible, it in fact turned out to be true.
3  I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse.
4  He gave a series of increasingly implausible excuses.
5  I'm not sure which is more implausible, the notion that people would ever get blasé about a 40-foot-high, formerly extinct reptile or that a theme park would try to boost its revenue in such a wildly risky way.