stretch credulity

"You're saying that believing in poltergeist activity is not stretching credulity?"

It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.

But you're stretching credulity, to say we should be in thrall to shorters.

The two mayoral aides who denied the charges gave answers that stretched credulity.

But the Bradley campaign's desperation for anything that it could call good news began to stretch credulity.

If only we could put all the meetings heads attend end to end they would stretch credulity beyond breaking point!

It stretched credulity to believe that a camera could have survived such a fall and not smash to pieces upon hitting the ground.

To insinuate otherwise is to stretch credulity past the breaking point.

Much better, he said, than being hit by an asteroid, which he thought was stretching credulity a bit.

That story may stretch credulity, but much more specific evidence is needed to send a person to prison for being on the take.