Sentence examples for effective excuse from inspiring English sources

He mumbles an effective excuse and then joins, which horrifies Maurice, and their relationship begins to abate.

And that's not an excuse, but it's a good excuse really.

Then you really first need to have a good excuse".

"Porn is always an effective and unopposable excuse.

The recession is even effective when making excuses to oneself.

I would hesitate to recommend handing the Met any power to designate those who are approved to take photographs: a press pass or indeed any other evidence of legitimate reasons to take photos would be as effective in demonstrating reasonable excuse.

The one-bad-apple excuse, so effective in relieving police departments of responsibility for violent, racist cops, never seems to apply to institutions with large numbers of people of color.

Cheap, yet extremely effective, there's no excuse not to incorporate a little cardio into your workout.

The personal attacks on me currently in vogue may be highly effective in giving Israelis an excuse to ignore their own role in creating the current situation.

But if you are reluctant to be so blunt, using children (whether real or imaginary) as an excuse is particularly effective.

Men (for whom the baby-on-the-way excuse was less effective) used to pretend to be dead so they could be carried out as corpses.