Sentence examples for a valid excuse for from inspiring English sources

In her eyes, it's a valid excuse for lingering.

His coalition government — which he chose — is not a valid excuse for inaction.

I decided that a fatal disease would be a valid excuse for suicide.

That the "other side" is worse is never a valid excuse for one's own avoidable nastiness.

The only drawback: you'll never again have a valid excuse for coming home late.

It's served in neat slices with a fines herbes coulis, and there will never be a valid excuse for dropping this appetizer from the menu.

Any Australian entering these areas is subject to a 10-year prison sentence (unless they have a valid excuse, the evidentiary burden for which lies on the accused).

As you roll over to hit the snooze button, your mind scrambles for a valid excuse.

When the N.F.L. said that was not a valid excuse, Johnson then changed his story for the final time, saying the positive test was because of the muscle-building supplement creatine and because he had received it from the trainer, it was the trainer's fault.

"I could pick up long hours and take a break in peace, and get home late with a valid excuse and not get in trouble for that," Alvarado told me.

Will the apathetic or the injured be a valid excuse if the Americans fail to make it west for the semis, or win the tournament?