"Maybe she really isn't that sick," he suggested, knowing how feeble the excuse sounded.

The excuse sounded feeble even to his own ears.

By this time the excuse sounded very convincing coming out of my mouth.

He couldn't tell Maguire about their mission, and any other excuses sounded weak even to his own ears.

Four excuses sound like you're holding back the real reason.

But her excuses sounded vague, lacked the ring of truth.

Mogaba asked, "Are there enough provocations to make any excuses sound good?"

She hoped the hastily assembled excuse didn't sound too lame.

She got up from the table, not really caring how lame the excuse sounded, and hurried along to her study.

But my excuses sound shallow and glib, even to myself.