Sentence examples for excuse of keeping from inspiring English sources

We can attack countries on the pretext of liberation, we can support murderers and exporters of terror with the excuse of keeping diplomatic relations (I'm talking about Saudi Arabia) and we can pay billions to countries to keep refugees out of our own backyard.

Students of the art of bullshit may note the excuse of "keeping one's cards close to one's chest" for future reference.

It is, of course, art rather than history — an elegant composition of dreams, memories and suggestive images — but its artfulness seems like an alibi, an excuse for keeping the ugliness of history out of the picture.

The French soldiers who periodically showed up in the bazaar had little impact, though their presence did become an excuse for keeping women out of the area.

These problems are grave, but none of them is an excuse for keeping a billion people poor.

But now, as I'm encouraging my own clients every day to step into their power and realizing I still have that little piece of me hiding in the past, I have no excuse for keeping quiet.

Hizbullah's excuse for keeping Lebanon's last one is paling in the absence of an Israeli occupation to resist.

After decades of knocking on the door, Turks are starting to believe that the EU will always find an excuse for keeping it shut.For example, take human rights.

There is no longer any excuse for keeping him at Guantánamo".

There is no excuse for keeping this information from consumers".

If Morgan Stanley is just now getting around to taking advantage of the legal landscape, that would be a further reason for canning Purcell, not an excuse for keeping him on.