How to Use alibi in a Sentence
alibi
noun
- Her doctor is her alibi: she was in surgery at the time of the murder.
- She made up an alibi for why she missed the meeting.
- Nobody could confirm his alibi that he was at the movies.
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But Shelton had an alibi for the night of the shooting.
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Emma Steele,
CBS News,
6 May 2022
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In the end, the killer wasn’t the cruel ex-boyfriend or the church deacon with a dubious alibi.
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Washington Post,
1 June 2021
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Burke’s case, there wasn’t enough to support that alibi.
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Jessica Miller,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
2 Dec. 2020
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But one thing becomes clear — not all of the players have a solid alibi.
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Esther Kang,
Peoplemag,
3 Jan. 2024
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Among the issues raised in the series: Aziz had an alibi.
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NBC News,
17 Nov. 2021
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On the anniversary of his wife’s death, Michael creates an alibi for Adam on the day of the accident.
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Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2020
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Johnson's girlfriend at the time and his alibi for the night of the murder: Erika Barrow.
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Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2023
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The man claims that the good doctor owed him money from gambling on the ponies, but he's got a solid overseas alibi.
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Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
8 Mar. 2022
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Plus her decision to try to make small talk with two other random tourists on the beach could be a play for an alibi.
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Time,
7 Dec. 2022
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The phone being in Farmington was clearly part of the alibi.
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Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
21 May 2022
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Among the issues raised in the series: Aziz had a solid alibi.
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NBC News,
18 Nov. 2021
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This way, the witch or vampire can have the perfect alibi while still conducting their evil.
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Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
31 Oct. 2022
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An accessory to the crime, Véra looked every inch the snowy-haired alibi.
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Stacy Schiff,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2021
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Keith reportedly had an alibi at the time of the crime.
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Jasmine Washington,
Seventeen,
7 Oct. 2022
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Plumb was accused of discussing the murder with Cox and agreeing to provide her with an alibi.
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Robert Gearty,
Fox News,
14 Nov. 2020
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They've now all been told about how Winston is Monty's alibi.
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Martha Sorren,
refinery29.com,
8 June 2020
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The man had an alibi, prompting police to look elsewhere.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
Peoplemag,
12 Dec. 2023
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Andy was at home shortly after the mall closed … and his mom provided an alibi.
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Jamie Yuccas,
CBS News,
7 Aug. 2021
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With new information on the case coming to light, Nicole believes that she was hired along with her fiance to act as an alibi in the case.
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Tanya A. Christian,
Essence,
26 Nov. 2019
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Bobo said Williams has an alibi and didn't know anything about the shooting until detectives told him of it.
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Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
31 July 2023
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Just 8% of Britons accept the alibi, a similar proportion to those who believe the earth is flat.
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The Economist,
28 May 2020
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There is a detectable instinct, not just in this piece but in the past three years of coverage of this story, to promote the wet-market alibi.
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George Calhoun,
Forbes,
18 Apr. 2023
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With the plan laid out, creating a fake alibi for Marta during the time of death, Harlan slits his own throat to make his death look like a suicide.
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Stacey Grant,
Seventeen,
22 Dec. 2022
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Musk fortunately has in Evan Spiegel’s Snapchat an alibi for all his troubles at X—at least for the moment.
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Bychristiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
26 July 2023
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Hertz located the receipt that proved his alibi in 2018.
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Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2021
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Lumumba spent just weeks in jail after his alibi was established.
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Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
10 Apr. 2024
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Coleman needed an alibi and probably didn’t realize the store had cameras.
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Harriet Ryan,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2024
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