create an excuse

Examples (10)

• He quickly created an excuse about traffic to explain his tardiness.
• She's creating a rather elaborate excuse to get out of the family reunion.
• I will need to create a believable excuse for missing the deadline.
• The easiest thing to do is to create an excuse, but it's not the right thing.
• Creating an excuse for his behavior won't solve the underlying problem.
• They have created so many excuses that no one believes them anymore.
• You shouldn't feel the need to create an excuse every time you say no.
• By the time the teacher asked him, he had already created a perfect excuse.
• Instead of creating another excuse, just admit you made a mistake.
• If you keep creating excuses, you will never achieve your goals.