So instead they are inventing reasons to vote no.

They do not hesitate to use forged evidence or invent ludicrous reasons.

He stands at every gate with one hand held out and the other behind his back, inventing reasons why he should be let in.

They invent strange reasons for doing so, saying that it has used anti-competitive practices.

So she invented reasons as if she knew what she was talking about.

The empathy is so much stronger that the mind must invent new reasons.

"Ever notice how in times of trouble, people invent reasons for it?"

An individual will invent endless reasons why the absence of the person who has died is due to some circumstance that can change.

However," she went on, "Sigfrid says you have great talent for inventing reasons not to do things.

Then he had to invent reasons why they should appear in those particular situations, and the ideas began to "bubble up" into story form.