Examples of using "Vorwand" in a sentence and their english translations:
- He made up an excuse.
- He thought up an excuse.
It's just a stalking horse for raising taxes.
That is a mere excuse for idleness.
He did not come on the pretext of sickness.
You've got a lot of nerve bringing me here under false pretenses.
Not wanting to is the reason; not being able to is just an excuse.
He came to my house on the pretext of seeing me.
To be more precise, I'd call it not a reason but an excuse.
the Corona crisis to be a pretext for politics to
He made up a pretext for a fight with me.
The Japanese fishing fleet catches more than 1000 whales per year on the pretext of scientific research.
He has not gotten in touch with me for a long time under the pretence of being busy.
Mary doesn't want to see me, but I have to find an excuse for talking to her.
The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful.
Mary feared that her lap dog could not be the excuse for all of her emissions, especially when other cohabitants possessed refined senses. Half a cup of pâté with every meal would suffice, she figured, to fool any would-be Sherlock.
- I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite him.
- I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite her.