11.   But everything about this election so far has strained credulity.

12.   Credulity gets strained, though, at crucial plot points.

13.   His assertions strained credulity.

14.   It strains credulity, then, to think that two decades later the Calabasas resident would make a living at a program where being handy would seem a prerequisite.

15.   It strains credulity to think a third of the work force has brains incapable of learning.

16.   It strains credulity that a zhlub like this could pull off such a dangerous job.

17.   It strains credulity here and there, and the plot mechanics of getting Horty to the Titanic seem particularly labored.

18.   No claim of wrongdoing, however improbable, seems to strain their credulity so long as it portrays our government as the villain.

19.   Our credulity is strained when libidinous Sonia somehow becomes a trusted friend of the reconciled Jonathan and Katherine.

20.   Perfection that strained credulity.