Sentence examples for correct excuse from inspiring English sources

On paper, it sounds like a very contrived, mawkish and politically correct excuse for a road movie, and that title seems to be shrilly standing up for marginalised souls all across the US.

But the railings manufacturing company has sold more than 7,000 poles so far, mostly to people and companies looking for a politically correct excuse to throw a party.

Civic associations then use "politically correct" excuses like traffic congestion, environmental concerns, overcrowded schools and diminished property values to squelch "unfavorable" but efficient higher-density housing.

But the political debate over whether jurors were correct doesn't excuse the Court of Appeals from its obligation to uphold the law for the rest of us.

And the search for justice is halted.Besides, finding out that someone was guilty of burglary does nothing to excuse or correct errors made in the murder trial.

In the military there is a tradition that when there is a problem -- when a soldier is called on the carpet -- the correct response is "no excuse sir".

Or are they simply using the politically correct NHS cause as an excuse behind which to hide their fundamental racism?

On her own blog, Potupchik called Sobchak a "cheap prostitute" before correcting herself on Twitter: "Ksenia, excuse me, I made a mistake.... Of course, you're not a cheap prostitute — but an expensive one!" The opposition in Russia has long been an elitist realm.

If the reports are correct, he committed atrocities beyond any excuse.

Finally, said the Sun, the Muslim community in Britain "must rise up against it [Isis]... moderate Muslims and the politically correct left must condemn more and excuse less".

Even when officials make correct judgments about which acts to excuse, citizens may draw mistaken inferences, and restraints of deterrence and norm acceptance may be weakened for unjustified acts that resemble justified ones (Greenawalt, 1987, 273).