SPECIOUS in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SPECIOUS, such as:
1. His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.
2. To claim that, because houses and birds both have wings, both can fly, is extremely specious reasoning.
3. He then, by a specious argument, prevented her from going, and so had the chance for which he had waited.
2. To claim that, because houses and birds both have wings, both can fly, is extremely specious reasoning.
3. He then, by a specious argument, prevented her from going, and so had the chance for which he had waited.
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Meanings and Examples of SPECIOUS
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specious
a. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally
Classic Sentence:
1 His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.
2 He then, by a specious argument, prevented her from going, and so had the chance for which he had waited.
Example Sentence:
1 To claim that, because houses and birds both have wings, both can fly, is extremely specious reasoning.