Sentence examples for convincing excuses from inspiring English sources

All seemingly convincing excuses to leave have already been used by the rest of the group (who were all there just a second ago).

While I told them I really just couldn't comply and that I would if I could, it never occurred to me to simply make up convincing excuses such as being vegetarian or kosher (I was neither) or having a terrible stomach ache (I didn't).

Neither of the two common excuses are convincing: KRG President Masoud Barzani maintains that the solution of the PKK problem lies inside Turkey; there is also the argument that the Kurdish leadership will not fight fellow Kurds.

The particulars are funny: Spano comes up with tall tales that make a delinquent third-grader's excuses look convincing.

During the show, Harvey held up the card he was reading from to the camera to explain how he became confused - but not everyone was convinced by his excuse.

It is time to rethink the cultural norms that convince us to excuse aggression.

Their excuses are less than wholly convincing.

It was a most convenient excuse for the industry, since convincing people that the legal system was to blame led only to one solution: changing the legal system.

Paul Rees Johnson fails to convince with same old excuses It looked for a horrible moment as if a glorious career – one of the greatest of the modern era – was about to be ended in the most disappointing way.

So it's disappointing that the city Landmarks Commission has so far dismissed St . Vincent dePaul with excuses which convince no one, "the decision not to recommend consideration was based on a careful review of the building's architectural and historical qualities.

Make sure you know what you were actually supposed to be doing all day and come up with believable excuses to explain why you haven't done a task, or convincing lies to explain that you have.