Sentence examples for a common excuse given from inspiring English sources

A common excuse given for spending hours a day on these things is that they make it easy to keep up with and contact a person's so-called friends (most people only have a maximum three to four real, enjoyable friends at any given time and the rest are bags of flesh to call out of boredom) in one convenient array and makes planning Friday "gal pal" nights easier, but that's just flawed logic.

She pointed to the most common excuses given when people are confronted with early signs of sociopathic behavior towards animals.

Oriel, a 26-year veteran and Alliant's number-two sales producer gives a common excuse.

Sakamoto, however, argued that such a response was a common excuse.

A common excuse of the convention center builders is that Sept. 11 cut travel.

The single most common excuse managers give for not coaching and mentoring is their lack of time.

Invoking the primal "us vs. them" reflex creates a common enemy and gives an easy excuse for why someone is down on their luck -- "if it wasn't for those pesky outsiders, I'd be doing better".

The most common excuse: a lack of time.