Sentence examples for her excuse for from inspiring English sources

Emma Bovary is here too, of course, since boredom is her excuse for adultery.

How clear is it to the child that her excuse for being late to class is less valid or less believable because she is a person of color?

The British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead, who missed three doping tests but was allowed to race after her excuse for one was accepted, met a chilly reception among fellow competitors – apparently even by her own team – at the start of the women's road race, where she finished fifth.

(That's at least her excuse for staring at a computer screen on a school night…).

Her old rental property was her previous homestead and her excuse for keeping it was diversification of her income stream.

What was her excuse for taking it?" My friend said: "All she could come up with is: 'Mom -- I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY YES -- BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.'" My friend thought this excuse was a load of crap.

Man emails his wife a spreadsheet of her "excuses" for not having sex.

The first time, she ignored it, feeling the diagnosis just gave her an excuse for her moral failings as a privileged child turned drug abuser.

"There is no Labour Remainer who would support May's Chequers deal or prop up her sorry excuse for a government – full stop," he said.

You defriend her sorry excuse for a girlfriend on Facebook and get all your real buds to do the same!

Hillary Clinton's claim to be the most electable Democratic candidate in 2008 -- her last excuse for staying in the race -- has always seemed flimsy.