Tilston, who witnessed the operation, describes it as a most ludicrous one.

The picture was a ludicrous one but not one of the little group laughed.

The picture presented by the meeting of such extremes was indeed a ludicrous one.

The situation was a ludicrous one, but it was also attended with some danger.

It is such a direct question, and such a ludicrous one given all that has passed, that I laugh a little.

Smaller scale examples of this occurred throughout the year, with X Factor's ridiculous Halloween performance being one of the more ludicrous ones.