Sentence examples for potential excuse from inspiring English sources

"Having the snowouts created havoc in our schedule throughout the season and provided a potential excuse," Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro said.

So one week in, there is room for improvement, and questions about the numerous injuries as a potential excuse were quickly shot down.

Until Rodriguez performs effectively and the Yankees prove that they are not smothered by their latest, greatest distraction, his situation will loom as a potential excuse for any failure.

The Mets have almost as many potential excuses as errors.

Coughlin dismissed potential excuses for the running struggles, including injuries.

So I'll die a Mets fan, exaggerating their potential, excusing their deficiencies.

As a result of this, they "are already looking at what the potential excuses for performance failures could be".

For 55 minutes, the Jets had been moving toward a classic no-apologies victory, shoving aside all the potential excuses that threatened to disrupt them — a short week, a long flight, altitude.

Almost docile in his approach the past few days -- evidently because of Camby's situation -- Van Gundy was back to his old self today, condemning his team for its faults in Game 2, demanding excellence in Game 3 and refusing to accept any potential excuses for defeat.

Let's consider some potential excuses, and why they are no good.

There you go, a big satirical list of potential excuses to drink while you should be concentrating on decoding the political think-speak.