| 1. | "'Some preposterous practical joke,' said he. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | But Tommy nourished another and a preposterous dream. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |
| 3. | "It does seem a very preposterous way of settling a dispute.. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 4. | He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most preposterous clock. - from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | Wopsle's great-aunt's room, my education under that preposterous female terminated. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 6. | And both preposterous therefore, not 'good lord.. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Utterly preposterous as his cravat was, and as his collars were, I was conscious of a sort of dignity in the look. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 8. | The first is the making of Pycroft write a declaration by which he entered the service of this preposterous company. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 9. | our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |