Sentence examples for excuse to explain from inspiring English sources
Rachel's naïveté gives "Crazy Rich Asians" an excuse to explain all things Asian and expensive to the touristy reader.
And they use it as an excuse to explain everything that is going wrong with their lives".
I was very fortunate to be invited to Christmas lunch in Delhi by some English friends, who, hearing that neither my nineteen-year-old son nor I had ever been baptized, seized upon the excuse to explain to their own spouses that a makeshift wicket should immediately be set up on the back lawn.
We are a jack of all trades and definitely master of none and we quickly fall into the trap of using 'in' terms such as complex need and high risk almost as an excuse to explain why we don't do the one thing that is needed – give Bob a bed.
I am concerned that many people may potentially latch on to the concept of food addiction as an excuse to explain their overeating - the premise that it's "not my fault" and therefore, "I can't help it".
Facebook has once again eschewed a direct request from the UK parliament for its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify to a committee investigating online disinformation — without rustling up so much as a fig-leaf-sized excuse to explain why the founder of one of the world's most used technology platforms can't squeeze a video call into his busy schedule and spare UK politicians' blushes.
Blaming the victim is common, as is endlessly finding excuses to "explain" why some men brutalise women.
On Sunday night, United Russia said the opposition parties were reaching for excuses to explain their poor showing.
WHEN an organization does not function properly, in the private or public sector, there are always excuses to explain why (Enron, anyone?).
"Economists and others have run out of excuses to explain why the currency remains weak," said Alister Smith, deputy chief economist for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto.
He's precisely the self-centered, shortsighted, and insecure figure he appears to be, and he's now flailing around for excuses to explain a humiliating defeat in the making.
