Sentence examples for weakest excuse from inspiring English sources

So, to [blame] a lack of parliamentary time is the world's weakest excuse".

Julie Clarke asked Southeastern: "How do they go on in hot countries where they have sunshine all the time?" Paul Malyon described it as "the weakest excuse ever" while Brian Barnett wrote: "Leaves on the line.

Now it seems like the weakest excuse for an evening activity since 'watching The Big Bang Theory' has been a thing.

That's a weak excuse, a lame excuse".

This weak excuse for journalism was meme manna from heaven.

She thought that was a pretty weak excuse.

But Mr Liddell-Grainger says: "That's a pretty weak excuse.

Later, he added that referring to distractions was to make a weak excuse.

Yes, it's a pretty weak excuse, but it's not the worst we've ever heard.

This was seen as typical state-security tactics, pressuring venue owners to cancel with whatever weak excuse would serve.

Is that why Abbott's explanation for sending her son private is seen as a weak excuse?