Sentence examples for saving excuse for from inspiring English sources

Alternatively, Alcohol use would allow a face saving excuse for their perceived or actual poor social performance (self-handicapping).

But others say the issue of fraud, while it may offer a face-saving excuse for at least some of H.P.'s huge write-down, shouldn't obscure the fact that the deal was wildly overpriced from the outset, that at least some people at Hewlett-Packard recognized that, and that H.P.'s chairman, Ray Lane, and the board that approved the deal should be held accountable.

But that's not an excuse for saving nothing.

While many pre-retirees say they expect to continue to work well past traditional retirement age, that may be "wishful thinking" — or an excuse for not saving and preparing, the report says.

There will always be an excuse for not saving.

"It's convenient saying we'll pay more because they're going to save more – and the perfect excuse for them is to say to staff 'We're going to pay more taxes, so…'".

He added at a press conference, "How much does Saudi Arabia need to do to satisfy people who are questioning our oil practices and policies?" Enough to get the price back down to where it was when we saved your sorry oil-well excuse for a country, you ingrate, Bush might have retorted.

This can save money and be an excuse for an afternoon's picnic tour close to your home area.

His first two years were excused as cost-cutting ones, saving up for a run at LeBron James, who took his talents … elsewhere.

My standard excuse for this appalling illiteracy is: "I'm saving it for my final illness".

That's exactly the excuse you need to break out that bottle of wine (or several bottles) you've been saving for a special occasion.