Sentence examples for specious excuses from inspiring English sources
His integrity was questioned by the specious excuses he gave for closing the airport; his dignity was debased when he was reduced to haggling like a carpet merchant in the Teheran bazaar for (possibly?) three months, or (perhaps?) three weeks, then (why not?) three days.
"This teary-eyed compassion that the Conservatives have suddenly discovered for the Green Party is one of the more specious excuses I've seen," he added.
Vernon goaded Wentworth into an ill-considered, badly planned assault on the fort, an outlying strong-point of Cartagena, which Vernon refused to support with the fleet making specious excuses about the depth of the harbor.
A quote from Peter Medawar, a British scientist who wrote a famous critique of a book of specious ideas about evolution, comes to mind: "Its author can be excused of dishonesty only on the grounds that before deceiving others he has taken great pains to deceive himself".
It's completely specious.
The reasoning is specious.
This is a specious argument.
This first appeal is specious.
It was clever – but specious.
