Examples of 'used as an excuse' in a sentence

Meaning of "used as an excuse"

Used as an excuse is a phrase that refers to the act of employing a particular reason or justification to avoid taking responsibility or facing consequences for one's actions. It suggests that the mentioned reason is being used as a way to deflect blame or avoid accountability. This phrase implies that the excuse might not be entirely genuine or valid

How to use "used as an excuse" in a sentence

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used as an excuse
That can be used as an excuse for everything.
I am not having our daughter being used as an excuse.
This can be used as an excuse for divorce.
Lack of funding should not be used as an excuse.
Used as an excuse to curtail rights or start a war.
So the hunting is actually used as an excuse to go kill.
Pain is used as an excuse or justification for behavior.
The plunging scores will be used as an excuse to.
This was then used as an excuse to stop exercising.
Even a handicap can not be used as an excuse.
Religion was used as an excuse for mass murder.
But neither should they be exaggerated or used as an excuse.
That could have been used as an excuse to shut me down.
Sometimes it is used as a validation and sometimes it is used as an excuse for.
The disagreement is used as an excuse for abuse.

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Used as an excuse to curtail rights or to start a war WEB.
So that must not be used as an excuse this time.
This was used as an excuse to crack down on peaceful protests by the Palestinians.
A lack of money is often used as an excuse for doing nothing.
Religion had nothing to do with it, or it was used as an excuse.
Pinchos are used as an excuse for socializing.
That is easy and may even be used as an excuse.
This is often used as an excuse to justify unethical behavior.
As usual public safety is being used as an excuse.
Even love can be used as an excuse for selfishness.
The call for international economic compensation can not be used as an excuse for inaction.
Democracy should not be used as an excuse to marginalize a minority.
Used as an excuse to curtail rights and / or start a war.
Revocation must not be used as an excuse for detention.
The idea of reality can be over-simplified and used as an excuse.
It is used as an excuse for austere policies.
Anger can easily be used as an excuse for sin.
Therefore, the defendant 's innocent reasons for the act can not be used as an excuse.
His violence was used as an excuse for further repression.
However, that can become overbroad and used as an excuse.
Anything can be used as an excuse to invoke martial law.
However, scientific uncertainty should not be used as an excuse for inaction.
Event is used as an excuse to curtail rights or start a war.
Weather can not be used as an excuse.
It was used as an excuse for war.
Intellectual obstacles can not be used as an excuse anymore.
Religion is often used as an excuse for violations of human rights.
Religion is frequently used as an excuse.
It is often used as an excuse for keeping something from someone.
The present crisis can not be used as an excuse to do nothing.
Crime is in turn used as an excuse to further limit liberty.
A decision to let the disability not be used as an excuse for things.
This cannot be used as an excuse for your child to be bullied.
The freeze on recruitment should not be used as an excuse for inaction.
But it can be used as an excuse when they feel like it.

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