Sentence examples for appropriate excuses from inspiring English sources

Weekes was more talkative and made the appropriate excuses for Irbe.

Appropriate excuses, however, include the fact that the game did not start until after 9 30 Eastern and lasted four hours.

You have to decide what form of greeting is most appropriate ("Excuse me" … "Oi" …).

Have you ever "gone to the bathroom" in order to check email or come up with a socially appropriate excuse to pull out your smartphone just so you can check your @ replies on Twitter?

I asked her what would be an appropriate excuse not to dance?

A spokesperson for Tequila UK has apologised "for the offence that has been caused" by the video: "We categorically do not think it is acceptable or appropriate to normalise, excuse, tolerate or condone rape or sexual offence of any sort and we are taking this situation very seriously".

Urgency is appropriate but not an excuse for stupidity or brutality.

Using historically appropriate instruments does not excuse a conductor from having to achieve balances, a constant challenge for conductors of orchestras using modern instruments.

Placing a few characters in Venice seems mainly an excuse to appropriate the phrase "bridge of sighs" and endow it with a symbolic significance that is a little nebulous but seems to have something to do with the notion of an alternative life.

Dr. King, however, refuses to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt, and without asking for or accepting excuses, demands an appropriate cure; he calls on our nation to "rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'".

However, if staff is overtly ignoring you or has not noticed you, a polite "excuse me" is appropriate.