Sentence examples for ridiculous pretext from inspiring English sources

Rarely do I try a personal injury or medical malpractice trial when an African-American juror is not stricken by the defense, often under a ridiculous pretext because of some purported myth that Black jurors are more likely to award bigger verdicts to victims.

"To infringe upon Chinese people's cultural rights on the pretext of human rights is just ridiculous," Mr. Ma said.

September 11th was a pretext.

How ridiculous!

But decommissioning is a pretext.

A pretext to detain a foreign national?

Security is a pretext".

They just killed them without any pretext".

"On the slightest pretext, they execute people".

Often, this argument is just a pretext.

The least pretext is enough.