And now Ballard's own improbable story has become the metaphor for an entire team.

The Jugs reading told the improbable story of a ball that traveled 168 miles an hour.

'You know what really interested me in this improbable story of yours?'

The writing is brisk, the stories entertainingly improbable but true.

The focus, he said, needs to be the singing, particularly given the improbable story and the hurdles in the score.

Feuilleton is used in current language to indicate a quite improbable story.

As she told her improbable story, the glacial fingers lingered.

Either tell me the absolute truth and let me take it from there, or stay with this improbable story.

"It seems such an improbable story," she said, laughing.

They were much more interested in telling improbable stories about their hunting exploits.