Sentence examples for a plausible pretext for from inspiring English sources

Rosenstein called the story "inaccurate and factually incorrect". Even so, alleged insubordination could give Trump a plausible pretext for getting rid of Rosenstein.

This is suggested, for example, by a passage in which Kant asks us to imagine someone threatened by his prince with immediate execution unless he "give[s] false testimony against an honorable man whom the prince would like to destroy under a plausible pretext".

But these places have bills to pay, and it does them no good to overly refine their standards — they're geared to call a book a classic under any plausible pretext they can find.

In a way, the story becomes a pretext for developing a new way to choreograph.

The photographs are in some cases merely a pretext for a collage about a wedding or a barbecue.

There's a plausible case for preemption.

Is Newt Gingrich a plausible candidate for President?

This might be a plausible scenario for two reasons.

This provides a plausible explanation for Electrolux's failed experiment.

In contrast, food inspectors cannot use their authority to inspect a restaurant kitchen as a pretext for searching the lockers of restaurant employees.

Iranian leaders angrily denounced the report as a pretext for a military attack, and warned of a massive retaliation.