far-fetched

Infinitive complement

• suggest: Is it really too far-fetched to suggest that the US government does not want UN arms inspectors back in Iraq?
• say: I think it is far-fetched to say we face a threat of power shortages.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• seem: It just seemed a bit far-fetched, floating away like Noah without the animals.
• sound: It all sounds a bit too far-fetched, right?

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Soldiers of Gwent A last, somewhat far-fetched explanation combines the above ones.
• pretty: The stories of miracles, of prophesy, etc, are all pretty far-fetched.
• too: The settings allow for anything to be possible yet at the same time not seeming too far-fetched.
• rather: However, the latter possible errors are rather far-fetched.
• little: CNN: All of this seems a little far-fetched.
• so: A Swansea escape seems so far-fetched, however Hollins is refusing to throw in the towel.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: A Swansea escape seems so far-fetched, however Hollins is refusing to throw in the towel.
• appear: The theory that doom-laden warnings are being used to scare the public into the Labor fold appears far-fetched.
• sound: Now I know Jesus ' coming again may sound far-fetched to you.

Modifies a noun

• plot: Despite the far-fetched plot, the issues examined are concerned with the people, ideas and events of the real world.
• theory: Will Shirley manage to make people see sense and discard their far-fetched extraterrestrial theories before someone else is murdered?
• scenario: This is not by any means a far-fetched scenario.
• explanation: Soldiers of Gwent A last, somewhat far-fetched explanation combines the above ones.
• fantasy: We will be left wondering whether the trilogy was, in fact, just one hacker's far-fetched power fantasy.
• notion: This, too, seems to me to be a very far-fetched notion.