Example sentences for: alibi

How can you use “alibi” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (I fed the family alibi to the Washington Post when I quit my Washington job in 1994.

  • Far the biggest story in Britain, however, was the disgrace of millionaire novelist Lord Jeffrey Archer, who was forced to resign at the weekend as the chosen Conservative Party candidate for mayor of London after being exposed in the Mirror for using a false alibi in a libel action 12 years ago.

  • Many tender the family alibi because they're ashamed of having been fired, or embarrassed to admit that they've conceded defeat to the god of success (Paxon's case, I'm sure), or because they're going nuts on the job.

  • The News of the World , a paper that specializes in sleaze, had paid Archer's friend Ted Francis 14,000 pounds to reveal that he had given Archer a false alibi in 1987, when the Daily Star accused Archer of marital infidelity with a prostitute, Monica Couglan.

  • His capers range from casual break-ins to armed holdups to intricate jewel heists--the latter capped with an impudent visit to the police station to establish an alibi.


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