You might have found some convenient excuse not to see me.

The market just used the data as a convenient excuse.

Now it would serve as a convenient excuse should anyone notice her red eyes.

You have to still go out and play, because using his death is the most convenient excuse in the world.

Possibly a convenient excuse to get him out of the team, the way he's playing at the moment?

For a long time, the budget was a convenient excuse.

You're using your face as a convenient excuse not to see her.

"You're using the presence of the Federation as a convenient excuse to make war against your own people."

But is it a real medical condition - or simply a convenient excuse?

But it provided a convenient excuse now to talk to her.