Sentence examples for handy excuse from inspiring English sources

It's merely a handy excuse.

That he was thuggish and greedy was a handy excuse.

The recession has given the Coalition a handy excuse for reducing the size of the state.

At home, Bhutan's rulers find it a handy excuse for some of their quirkier policies.

If it does not, Senate hawks will provide a handy excuse for rejecting one.

But there were Confederate sympathizers in both Arizona and California, and they proved a handy excuse.

Mr. Farber said California was not alone in having out-of-date systems — or handy excuses.

My own favourite examples are "head is paining" (headache) and "mother serious" (mother is very ill) - both handy excuses for leaving work early.

Innovative businesses are tough and unpredictable, so relationships with procrastinators, people handy with excuses and all the reasons something can't be done, are not helpful and will drag you down as well.

The mother excuse, handy, hardy and sometimes true, is at the heart of a new campaign by the Topps Company to give away a million cards — multiples of all 38,000 it has produced — to revive interest among aging boys, now 30 to 60 years old.

Always have an excuse handy when you're sneaking.