Sentence examples for dubious explanations from inspiring English sources

But Ms. Birthler quit as minister, declaring that she could not stand by in tacit approval of "excuses, dubious explanations and delayed or halfhearted confessions".

The imam was luckier than some victims of police interrogations here, who, according to Human Rights Watch, are sent home wrapped in sheets soaked with blood, along with dubious explanations from the coroner's office attributing the cause of death to heart or kidney failure.

WORST: Dubious explanations of terms: the $200 advertising fee is "A fee charged by the manufacturer".

During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh gave a series of dubious explanations about certain terms in his high school yearbook and denied accusations that he drank excessively.

During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh gave a series of dubious explanations about certain terms in his high school yearbook and denied accusations that he drank excessively.

Since the New York Times first reported the meeting on July 8, a geyser of evolving statements and dubious explanations have emerged about the meeting, provided by Trump Jr. and others in the president's orbit, as well as more reporting about exactly who attended the session ― details that have often contradicted the Trump team.

A woman gives a dubious explanation for why she is waiting in a line to buy an iPhone.

Republican leaders heavily criticized Trump's approach but backed off doing anything after Trump gave the dubious explanation that he misspoke.

One dubious explanation put forward over the years is that women are not as naturally aggressive as men and that successful chess requires frequent attacks.

At the premiere of Fox's antifracking sequel on Sunday, a batch of ticket holders — mostly landowners from the Marcellus shale region who support gas drilling, but including McAleer — was blocked from entering the theater (see the Artsbeat blog post for Tribeca's dubious explanation).

Unable to understand why her beloved heroine would share what she regards as heinous political views, she resorts to this dubious explanation: that Alice leads "a life in opposition to itself," that she loves Charlie, but thinks he's so inept at governance that she actually voted in 2000 for his opponent, whom she sincerely believed "would do a better job".