Sentence examples for excuse to justify from inspiring English sources

I consider this a made-up excuse to justify the purchase to the public".

They were drugged with an ideology that takes Islam as an excuse to "justify" evil.

Maybe it's that excuse to justify getting the dog you always wanted as a kid.

Thatcher's political legacy has been used as an excuse to justify the misogynist backlash against female leadership.

#YouAintNoMuslimBruv, just another psychopath attempting to use religion as an excuse to justify your barbaric actions!! #YouAintNoMuslimBruv is a little sliver of light, Gawd bless Laaaandahn town.

I have merely used it as an excuse to justify some of the expense of what I was going to do anyway.

I have fabricated excuses to justify my absence when the road seems too hard to travel.

Officials rely on stereotypes and tired excuses to justify brushing off entire groups of people.

They say that many disgruntled tenants, like Captain Hook's Mr. Hill, did not have their leases renewed because they did not meet sales requirements, and that others making claims against the company were drumming up excuses to justify not paying rent.

"This society always finds excuses to justify the rape and murder of women.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused energy firms of having "a list of excuses" to justify price rises.