Sentence examples for weak alibi from inspiring English sources

"weak alibi" is a perfectly correct and usable term in written English
You can use it to describe an excuse or explanation for an event or situation which is unlikely to be true. For example, "The suspect had a weak alibi for the time of the burglary."

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Marion Coakley served more than two years in prison because of mistaken eyewitness testimony, dubious blood-type analysis and a weak alibi.

A young Hispanic man with a weak alibi was seen fleeing the murder location and the murder weapon (a knife he claimed to have lost) was found at the scene of the crime.

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It turns out to be surprisingly hard to prove your innocence: most people don't remember where they were on a particular day months ago, and can present only weak alibis.

To support a weak but acceptable alibi, there was luckily also a can of Ovaltine in the cabinet, my Dad's morning breakfast.

Many of the alibis are weak.

He doesn't alibi.

They became his alibi.

There is no alibi.

ALIBI, by Joseph Kanon.

The Alibi Club.

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