usual excuse

Examples (10)

• He gave his usual excuse about being stuck in traffic.
• That's just the usual excuse people make when they're late.
• She offered the usual excuse that her alarm didn't go off.
• Don't give me the usual excuse about your computer crashing.
• His usual excuse for missing meetings is that he was too busy.
• The students came up with the usual excuse that they forgot about the assignment.
• I'm tired of hearing the usual excuse from my colleagues.
• The usual excuse for poor performance is lack of resources.
• Management rejected the usual excuse and demanded better results.
• They fell back on the usual excuse when questioned about the delay.