Sentence examples for generate a pretext from inspiring English sources

Some allies of Mr. Abbas feared that Mr. Arafat was trying to generate a pretext to replace Mr. Abbas with a more pliant prime minister.

But the specific case is always a pretext for indulging the generalization.

A year later, Iraq is no longer a pretext or an abstraction.

September 11th was a pretext.

But decommissioning is a pretext.

This is obviously a pretext.

A pretext to detain a foreign national?

Security is a pretext".

Often, this argument is just a pretext.

But this is a pretext.

But that bit of gruesomeness is just a pretext.