Sentence examples for a pretext for from inspiring English sources

The taboo was a pretext for extortion.

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

This later became a pretext for defending "Russia's citizens".

Any provocation could easily become a pretext for renewed conflict.

Even the text is only a pretext for dancing.

Global recession should not be a pretext for global repression.

After realizing he could not suppress the rebellion, he found a pretext for taking up arms.

Republicans nearly always use voter fraud as a pretext for ID laws.

They attend birthday parties on weekends as a pretext for drinking.

The riots gave him a pretext for dropping out of university and returning to the coast.

The Gaza violence was simply a pretext for Turkey's government to distance itself from Israel.