Alibi is an English word with synonyms like defense or defence. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Alibi meaning
- The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
Synonyms of Alibi
Using Alibi
- The main meaning on this page is: The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. | An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
- Useful related words include: defense, defence, vindication, excuse.
- In the example corpus, alibi often appears in combinations such as: an alibi, his alibi, alibi in.
Context around Alibi
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alibi
- In this selection, "alibi" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, defendants, inadequate, corroborated, warnings and defense stand out and add context to how "alibi" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of an alibi and a bad alibi. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alibi" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alibi
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cashman’s observation was accurate — and also a bad alibi. (10 words)
Alibi will have a special Valentine’s Day dinner menu available! (11 words)
Games offer structure, shared goals and an alibi if conversation dwindles to silence. (13 words)
That’s according to an objection filed this week in Idaho’s 2nd District Court by Kohberger’s defense in response to prosecutors’ attempt to get the precise location of his alibi and the names of witnesses who could corroborate it. (41 words)
The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in the 1975 bludgeoning death of a girl in Greenwich, finding that Skakel’s trial attorney had failed to present evidence of an alibi. (37 words)
First, it was an alibi for Putin not being an antisemite as he destroyed the oligarchs—many of them being of Jewish descent (Mikhail Fridman, Vladimir Gusinsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky)—as a class. (34 words)
Alibi will have a special Valentine’s Day dinner menu available! (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Judge Andrew Cody gave both defendants alibi warnings and informed them that they must notify gardaí in writing within 14 days if he wished to rely on an alibi in their defence.
Alibi will have a special Valentine’s Day dinner menu available!
Bakersfield Police Department officers questioned Johnson about his alibi when Rufus died in September 2002 and eventually arrested him as a getaway driver in connection with Rufus’ shooting.
Cable theft is not new to Transnet and is an inadequate alibi for poor performance.
First, it was an alibi for Putin not being an antisemite as he destroyed the oligarchs—many of them being of Jewish descent (Mikhail Fridman, Vladimir Gusinsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky)—as a class.
It was described as a satirical send-up and included Andrew's 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in which he gave the alibi.
It wouldn't be hard for Ethan to fake his alibi because his father's a detective.
Mr Wright told the jury that if his alibi, that he was at home with his parents when Ashley was killed, "might be true" then they must reach a not guilty verdict.
That’s according to an objection filed this week in Idaho’s 2nd District Court by Kohberger’s defense in response to prosecutors’ attempt to get the precise location of his alibi and the names of witnesses who could corroborate it.
The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in the 1975 bludgeoning death of a girl in Greenwich, finding that Skakel’s trial attorney had failed to present evidence of an alibi.
The disbarred attorney lied to cops about his alibi before making the sensational decision to take the stand where he changed his story to fit the damning evidence.
The problem with that identification was the initial person identified as the possible killer had a corroborated alibi.
They didn’t check Murdaugh’s parents’ house — a cornerstone of his alibi — for evidence for three months.
We already made our point clear that a violation is a violation of law and no sort of alibi will justify the crime.
While Ms Dorrian's testimony eventually dismantled the killers' alibi, it was the evidence of Archie Wilson that proved critical to the conviction of O'Brien, Brand and Kelly.
Cashman’s observation was accurate — and also a bad alibi.
Following a reinvestigation by the Conviction Review Unit (CRU), it was determined the original case was flawed, primarily due to an uncredible eyewitness account, a plausible alibi defense, and a rushed police investigation.
Games offer structure, shared goals and an alibi if conversation dwindles to silence.
He has a rock-solid alibi about where he was at the time that this happened.
In the context of the recent revelations, it also has the feeling of an alibi.
Common combinations with alibi
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an alibi 17×
- his alibi 9×
- alibi in 6×
- alibi for 6×
- the alibi 6×
- alibi witness 5×
- alibi to 4×
- alibi and 3×
- alibi will 2×
- alibi that 2×