Sentence examples for terrible excuse from inspiring English sources
But timidity is a terrible excuse for inaction.
Fear of doing something badly is a terrible excuse for not doing it at all.
I am generally a terrible excuse for a millennial, especially when it comes to pop culture.
Although it seems like a terrible excuse, other people have used kidnapping to ineptly conceal a night of partying from their significant others.
Being late seemed like a terrible excuse to throw away mail, even if it's the sort of junk mail that most people throw away.
flip-flops/thongs/whatchamacallits) start popping up on slow news days; they're usually accompanied by the foot police wagging their finger about the long-term damage caused by walking around in these terrible excuses for footwear.
But with so few women to look up to, more of them quitting every day and the truly terrible handling (excuse the pun) of the Lord Rennard row – who is going to apply?
Phrases like 'well worth the effort' have come to represent tedious cultural experiences that we are harangued into enjoying; terrible food is excused as part of the charm of the country".
You might be saying, "Don't talk to me like that!" or telling them off for giving you a terrible excuse, but you're thinking, "That's an impressive one!" There's one boy who comes up with excuses that are so surreal, you want to award him a prize.
Far too often in Grayling-land, security becomes an excuse for terrible policies, rather than a tool for keeping prisons safe.
