Sentence examples for make up excuses from inspiring English sources

It was down to Clara to make up excuses for his behaviour.

She'll be crying in the toilet and he'll cover for her, make up excuses why she isn't at her desk.

"For the record if I quit for being fragile and insecure I would make up excuses too.

She would make up excuses not to see them; she'd have a headache or simply say the kids were too naughty for her.

She was obsessed with finding a job, but would make up excuses for why she couldn't follow through on her applications.

"I believe, without trying to make up excuses, that we are taking longer than other teams to adapt to the experimental changes".

If you react to a setback defensively, wanting to hide it, wanting to make up excuses for it, you're in a fixed mindset.

He's always… b) making up excuses.

"Soon, I was making up excuses to use it".

When white friends talked road trips, I made up excuses.

And they made up excuses for their past failures that had nothing to do with innate ability.