IMPROBABLE in a Sentence

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If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPROBABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
improbable
 a.  unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  Jane confessed herself a little surprised at the match; but she said less of her astonishment than of her earnest desire for their happiness; nor could Elizabeth persuade her to consider it as improbable.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  And then," said she, "if that very improbable event should ever take place, I shall merely be able to tell what Bingley may tell in a much more agreeable manner himself.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40
3  If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 46
4  Those that best pleased her, as placing his conduct in the noblest light, seemed most improbable.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 51
5  It was a painful, but not an improbable, conjecture.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53
6  However improbable both Mr. Bounderby and myself might have deemed it years ago, that he would ever become my patron, making me an annual compliment, I cannot but regard him in that light.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
7  It is not improbable that if Mr. Bumble had been possessed of this information at an earlier period of the interview, he might have imparted a very different colouring to his little history.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  If there is anything in my story which you know to be either false or improbable, stop me.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
9  Also, by the way, that it is extremely improbable that he has gas laid on in his house.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
10  That is the case as it appears to the police, and improbable as it is, all other explanations are more improbable still.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
11  His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
12  My dear fellow, there is nothing improbable about my explanation at all.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In FIRST ACT
13  Harry spends his days in saying what is incredible and his evenings in doing what is improbable.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
14  Now, the history of Eliza Doolittle, though called a romance because of the transfiguration it records seems exceedingly improbable, is common enough.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
15  At last, I desperately considered that the thing I contemplated must be done, and that it had best be done in the least improbable manner consistent with the circumstances.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
Example Sentence:
1  It seems improbable that the current situation will continue.
2  It is very / most improbable that the level of unemployment will fall.
3  These new facts make the theory improbable.
4  No one wants to talk about this improbable event.