We don't want built-in excuses for losing this year.

The conditions here were all conducive for built-in excuses to lose.

There was almost this feeling that we had a built-in excuse to give up.

His flight was three hours later, so he had a built-in excuse to leave in a hurry should the meeting not go well.

So here it was, a built-in excuse for them to show up with a droop to their step.

"I have the built-in excuse to travel around the world."

Those sounded like built-in excuses, but he had high expectations.

"I don't want anyone to have a built-in excuse," the coach said.

Sometimes, though, she is glad to have a built-in excuse for not inviting a man home.

If Sunday Silence runs and loses, he will have a built-in excuse.