6 sentences with 'absurd'
Example sentences and phrases with the word absurd and other words derived from it.
• « Inelegant, the moth may look like an umbrella with a hiccup, but its absurd, non-linear flight is a predatory refinement: there is no standardised, geometrising trajectory of evasion that will bring the prey to safety. At any moment the fugitive finds itself captive again in the beam of the bat's ultrasonic sensor, and if this happens within six metres or less of the chiropteran's head, detection is certain. Good value? »
• « He went so far as to claim that Aten was the only god, something that seemed absurd to the decidedly polytheistic Egyptians. »
• « This doctrine is called "predestination", and although the idea of the absence of free will and a predetermined salvation may seem absurd at first glance, it was in fact nothing more than the logical extension of Calvin's own concept of divine omnipotence. »
• « As for younger or more rested people, the expert warns: "Don't expect too much. Ginseng will not give you superhuman energy or the ability to make love 24 hours a day. These are completely absurd claims." »
• « "It is absurd to overemphasise the importance of certain foods," warns nutritionist and researcher Herbert Pierson. »