Sentence examples for suitable pretext from inspiring English sources

Sadly none of his current spots are nearly as entertaining as "cut that meat!" But they do provide a suitable pretext for me to ask: what was your all-time favourite athlete endorsement?

As the British became increasingly interested in the legendary trade with China through its back door as well as in the teak, oil, and rubies of northern Myanmar they waited for a suitable pretext to attack.

Having found a suitable pretext, Francis once again declared war against his perpetual enemy in 1542.

And you would write up cases like, "Under a suitable pretext, we learned... .. Which means, "While lying my ass off and misrepresenting myself, I discovered... .. "I know that some people many times have thought my career was dead, but I've never had anyone think that I personally was dead before".

When the king saw Anne for the first time in late December 1539, a week before the scheduled wedding, he did not find her attractive but was unable, for diplomatic reasons and in the absence of a suitable pretext, to cancel the marriage.

September 11th was a pretext.

But decommissioning is a pretext.

A pretext to detain a foreign national?

They just killed them without any pretext".

"On the slightest pretext, they execute people".

Often, this argument is just a pretext.