Sentence examples for the excuse he from inspiring English sources

That was the excuse he gave.

If Iraq was behaving so brazenly he would have all the excuse he needed.

But the excuse he never sought seemed the only explanation for the maddeningly frustrating performance on the floor.

This singular event, which was also videotaped, gave Mr. Shekau the excuse he needed to start bombing churches and schools in what quickly became a reign of terror.

That test - and the continuing North Korean missile programme - gave him the excuse he needed to make that 'response' official policy.

On the stump in Virginia, Mr McCain was flanked by two former governors, which was all the excuse he needed to tell a joke about two jailbirds in the prison chow line.

It's not only the incidents, but it's the reaction to them and the excuses he has given.

Equally ominous, from a psychological standpoint, was when he decided he needed a more convincing reason to get out of wrestling practice than the excuses he was trading in.

It's dizzying and disgusting on every level, to keep track of the accusations against the president elect, and the excuses he throws out there.

"I think it's just an after-the-fact excuse," he said.

As this was precisely the same excuse he had used at his last appearance, everyone on the committee was underwhelmed.