"Clarissa," Whitney provided automatically, her mind already searching for a suitable excuse not to accompany him.

The water provided a suitable excuse.

The specific reason given for some of the denials is that "negligence, forgetfulness, and misconception of the law" were not suitable excuses.

Fred couldn't think of a suitable excuse to have Durand unlock the room again.

If they fail, the White Wizards will proclaim that we're the terrors of the world and make suitable excuses.

She couldn't think of a suitable excuse to extricate herself from the commitment.

Paige racked her mind for a suitable excuse.

He had scrawled 'no' across most of them, leaving her, she supposed rather crossly, to think up suitable excuses.

The accident provided a suitable excuse to the State Government for the overall withdrawal of the once popular tramways.

Both antedated the coming of the Protector, who had not yet found a suitable excuse for getting rid of either, though they irritated her frequently.