Sentence examples for A pretext from inspiring English sources

A pretext to detain a foreign national?

But decommissioning is a pretext.

September 11th was a pretext.

Often, this argument is just a pretext.

Security is a pretext".

This is obviously a pretext.

But this is a pretext.

"They don't need a pretext," he said.

The taboo was a pretext for extortion.

"They do not need a pretext.

The project was a pretext for remaking Zimbabwe's political map.