How to Use improbable in a Sentence

improbable

adjective
Definition of improbablenext
Synonyms for improbablenext
  • The team made an improbable comeback.
  • That fact is no less improbable than the tale that led Vail to the Beach Boys in the first place.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Badgers improbable win came in the first round of the 4A playoffs.
    — Azcentral.com, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • One of the greatest and most improbable stories in all of sports.
    — Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • But this improbable journey — from foes to frenemies to the best of buds — needs to be shared.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
  • The improbable run of Uxbridge is reaching new heights.
    — Alex Walulik, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • The improbable success of the book led Mr. Kissinger back to Harvard as a lecturer.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the life of Road Trip Mike, no tale is too tall, no story too grand, no anecdote too improbable.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
  • Liam Hendricks in the ninth and crushed a three-run homer in the 11th to secure Cleveland’s improbable comeback win.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • And there aren’t that many states or districts in play, so big swings in Congress are more improbable.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The odds of a draw as the result in this fight are considered highly improbable at (+1800).
    — Tim Brown | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Line up all of those maybes—improbable as each one is—and maybe Grusch has a compelling story to tell.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 July 2023
  • Chicago wrestler Joe Rau’s improbable journey leads him to the Olympics — at age 33.
    — Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a villain, love at first sight, a plot to frame someone for the murder, close calls, and improbable escapes.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Her improbable victory in the final came against an odds-on favorite in Jabeur, the world No. 6 and thus the sixth seed in the tournament.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 15 July 2023
  • Cooper described the tense search for the woman and the improbable rescue — amid a murder in progress.
    — Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • That a new novel by Céline should appear from out of the sky seems improbable.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022
  • The idea of Jews living in postwar Gaza may seem improbable, but Gaza hasn’t always been Jew-free.
    — Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • In between, the Mustangs rallied for an improbable comeback to send the game to overtime.
    — Randy Kennedy, al, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The same word might be used to describe Rodriguez’s reaction to the improbable series of twists and turns his life has taken over the past 14 years.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In the video above, watch Harrison’s touchdown grab, along with the rest of the highlights from Oregon State’s improbable win.
    — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Malden Catholic had seized momentum as the home crowd sensed an improbable comeback in the making.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Playing an agent with the improbable name of Hymie Kelly, Mr. Bennett earned such poor notices that the film role was his last as well as first.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Theirs is the most improbable of love stories — but the heart works in mysterious ways.
    — Jan Crawford, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The Bearcats should be due for a let down after an improbable Playoff run last season.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Kendall pulls off an improbable success with the investors, but the pleasure from it fades quickly.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
  • For the past decade, that has looked, frankly, improbable—at least at the pace corporations were going.
    — Andrew Blum, Time, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Then, more than decade later, an improbable slew of hits.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Therefore, the prospect of Atleti moving away from Simeone feels improbable.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The rally at the Garden represents a bookend to the start of his improbable presidential campaign in 2015.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024

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