every excuse
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Refers to all possible reasons, often used to imply that someone is trying to avoid something.
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Examples (20)
- He made every excuse to avoid attending the meeting.
- She used every excuse in the book to avoid the meeting.
- She uses every excuse in the book to get out of doing housework.
- He seized on every excuse to leave work early.
- The student had every excuse ready when the assignment was due.
- The student made every excuse possible to postpone the exam.
- Don't give me every excuse under the sun for being late.
- She found every excuse to avoid doing her homework.
- He tried every excuse possible to postpone the deadline.
- They used every excuse they could think of to cancel the trip.
- She's heard every excuse imaginable from her employees.
- He grabbed every excuse available to skip the presentation.
- The child invented every excuse to stay up past bedtime.
- She invented every excuse imaginable to get out of cleaning.
- We've considered every excuse but none seem valid.
- The team used every excuse possible to delay the project.
- He exhausted every excuse before finally admitting the truth.
- He exploited every excuse he could find to avoid responsibility.
- Stop making every excuse and take responsibility for your actions.
- She seized on every excuse to avoid doing the work.