Sentence examples for vague excuse from inspiring English sources

Usually, at a cocktail party, folks just meander away with the vague excuse of refreshing a full drink.

But at the risk of being reductionist, or of coming off desperate for some vague excuse to call off the rest of the day, I'll hazard the guess that the Web, for all its promise and pitfalls, would be a much different place if it weren't for a short declaration from CERN's then directors nearly two decades ago today.

Since the storm, she added, some sellers are using vague excuses to keep potential buyers at bay until fixes can be made.

It was supposed to be a doubles match, but before the game started, the other two players left with vague excuses.

Ever since, he has successfully blown me off with vague excuses and dramatic location changes, beating me so thoroughly at my own game that I think he might have invented a new one entirely.

Jean asks to borrow Ugolin's mule, but is met only with vague excuses.

Make vague excuses about bad Mexican food as your reason for being in the bathroom for half the morning.

The university staff kept giving me vague excuses [about fixing it], and months passed and nothing happened.

This isn't the historian's fault so much as it is non-historians looking for vague excuses to get blasted on culturally relevant anniversaries, birthdays and milestones.

I asked if I could just meet with Ebru, my online chat buddy, but the A9 staffers who were clearly sent to be our handlers kept making vague excuses about why she wasn't available.

Then be very vague and excuse yourself or bury your nose in a book.