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
  • 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 success of the book led Mr. Kissinger back to Harvard as a lecturer.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kendall pulls off an improbable success with the investors, but the pleasure from it fades quickly.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
  • Fans who had long been silent roared with the Bruins holding an improbable 52-44 lead with just three minutes left.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Johnson finished with nine, including the two most improbable points of the day.
    — oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Unseeded and ranked 81st, Williams wins her eighth and most improbable Grand Slam.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • This was was the most improbable of their championships.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The latter part of the exhibition follows the tent’s improbable journey through the 19th century to the present day.
    — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • With her father 10 years into an improbable mission to the stars, a teenage girl vows to find a way to reach him across the lightyears to reunite her family.
    — Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The day after Johnson’s improbable win, a city police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In one of the most improbable comebacks in school history, UCLA scored 29 unanswered points.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Rivera’s rise, as a non-white leading lady charged with carrying a show and filling seats, was improbable to say the least.
    — Vogue, 30 Jan. 2024
  • A repeat of last year, when the then-unknown Sahith Theegala came out of obscurity to take the 54-hole lead, seems improbable.
    — The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The shorthanded Spurs ruined those plans with an improbable win that snapped a six-game losing streak.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The original Panthers … and those who played on the team’s improbable Stanley Cup Finals team in 1996 … will be in hot demand.
    — George Richards, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Even reports that in hindsight seemed highly improbable had to be chased down.
    — Natalie Reneau, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Like Noah, Robert built something big and wondrous out of an improbable calling.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And in recent years, something improbable has trailed in its wake: a real estate boom.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • An improbable buzzer-beater ended one of the Bay Area’s great high school basketball runs.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024

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