"We had a guy down here a couple of times," said Bob in explanation.

If you start to get lost in someone's discussion or explanation, ask them to stop and plan a time to talk later.

I will come back to this point in my explanation of vote.

Both are concerned to see if the term has any value in explanation.

"What have you to say in explanation of these charges?"

I didn't want to get too exotic in my explanation.

In explanation, health and law enforcement officials point to several factors.

He would try to get them to see contradictions in their explanations.

It has been an unusually cold season, they say in explanation.

"I think playing against type usually works well," she writes in explanation of that decision.