alibi - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • prove: He was able to prove an alibi which could not be shaken.
  • establish: David established an alibi for himself by being at a public house in Crossland Moor at the time of the offense.
  • provide: He made sure it got a mention in the gossip columns, to provide an alibi for himself.
  • have: He has no alibi for the night of Smith's murder; he says he can't remember where he was.
  • give: He also gave an alibi for the night of the murder, which police found didn't stand up.
  • need: It's one of those questions that makes you wonder if you need an alibi, and I've been asked it by Sarah.

Adjective modifier

  • cast-iron: Indeed, he soon supplies a completely cast-iron alibi.
  • false: He then took his two daughters out to a DIY store in order to create a false alibi for himself.
  • good: Manoel had a good alibi, and was finally released.
  • perfect: Thus, the " euro " presents the perfect alibi.
  • solid: He will offer a solid alibi which no one will believe.
  • watertight: The husband is decidedly odd and his absence at the time of the crime doesn't give him a watertight alibi by any means.

Modifies a noun

  • witness: I also gave my solicitor another four alibi witness names who had been with me at the time of the robbery.
  • pendens: Seminar 6 ( Yvonne Baatz ) Multiple Proceedings Forum non conveniens and lis alibi pendens.
  • warning: Where the magistrates ' court gives the alibi warning, the file should be clearly noted.

Preposition: for

  • night: He has no alibi for the night of Smith's murder; he says he can't remember where he was.
  • time: During his trial, the night porter backed up his alibi for this time.
  • portion: That art exists as a specialized area means that it can only be an alibi for the guilty portion of non-cultural life.

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