Wondering why they could find nothing amusing in that preposterous statement.

Only silence followed this preposterous statement; none dared to speak.

It is terrifying when people with the power to publish their opinion come up with such preposterous statements.

She ignored my lifted eyebrow at this preposterous statement.

What was the basis for such a preposterous statement?

Can you conceive of my making such a preposterous statement?

In our experience, preposterous statements tended to be true.

"To date the Church's celibates have not given a single positive thought to intercourse prompted by love" is only one of her more preposterous statements.

Marty thought maybe he'd missed something in the story that would justify this preposterous statement.

She was also not at all the type to make the preposterous statements and request she had.