I even, with a straight face, used the vague excuse that I was concerned about terrorists!

Shipton muttered a vague excuse about the cut on his hand.

Jean asks to borrow Ugolin's mule, but is met only with vague excuses.

His employer would never accept vague and inexplicable excuses.

He apologises for being late and mutters a vague excuse: "The face .

Margaret made vague excuses for Barnabas but felt her daughter did not believe them.

Nancy needs to be kept company; Godfrey has some vague excuse for being away.

All they're looking for is a vague excuse to run away.

This should not be a vague excuse for rejecting countries wishing to accede to the European Union.

They made some vague excuse about garages giving them claustrophobia and could they view the items on sale.