chimerical

How To Use chimerical In A Sentence

• But if the Israelis really do fear the loss of their deterrent from Lebanon — which is kind of chimerical; Israel is the regional superpower, and it says a lot that Hamas’s rockets are crude Qassams — then stopping now might play into the same psychodrama. Better Watch What You Say | ATTACKERMAN
• Agrippa had been entirely exploded, and that a modern system of science had been introduced, which possessed much greater powers than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimerical, while those of the former were real and practical; under such circumstances, I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside, and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies. Chapter 2
• While others are feasting their fruitful imaginations with the idle and visionary dreams of fanaticism; with a kind of chimerical heaven of which they know _nothing_, as to its certainty: this man is in heaven already: dwelling in love, he 'dwelleth in God, and God in him.' A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation
• Charles Deroko Brooklyn No MSG To the Editor: Isn’t it clear that the premise of a “Plan B” chimerically wedding the sports arena to the new Penn Station is a terrible idea when compared to that of a redrawn and refurbished transportation hub/post office that offers every advantage of both [“Lord Foster, Others Propose Massive Plan to Supplant Garden,” Matthew Schuerman, Nov. 13]? Letters
• Among the moderns, indeed, there has arisen a chimerical method of disposing the fortune of the persons represented, according to what they call poetical justice; and letting none be unhappy but those who deserve it. Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer
• Then, the young girl appeared, almost chimerically. Mark Twain
• his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
• Because it offers resistance, however chimerical, to the teeth. THE SAVAGE GIRL
• His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.
• His falsetto voice captures the chimerical sound of the castrati with eerie accuracy, something that becomes clear when we hear a scratchy recording of the last castrato, Moreschi, made at the turn of the 20th century.