Sentence examples for each excuse from inspiring English sources

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She listened patiently to each excuse, but repeated that once the appropriate information was in hand, they would receive their permits.

Each excuse let me learn about myself, and let me discover entire worlds of surprising possibilities.

18. Matthews helpfully played each "excuse me" for his viewers.

2. Turn each excuse into a question, beginning with the words "How can I?" or "How can we?" (For example, if your excuse is "It will take too long to get up to speed" you might ask "How can I find out what I need to know in the next 48 hours?" or "How can I find a mentor to guide me through the ramp up process?"). 3. Brainstorm each question -- alone and with a few friends or teammates.

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It's tempting to say that neither lyric is quite as striking as the blunt examination of the sisters' own tempestuous relationship on White Knuckles: Tegan and Sara might well be the first artists in history to offer up an epic EDM ballad about twin sisters beating the crap out of each other: "Excuses for the bruises we wear, black and blue now, breaking each other like knuckles in a fight".

"And we had a brief conversation," Mr. Blunt continued, "about how perhaps the most useful thing we could do for each other for the next few days was to serve as each other's excuse for weaseling out of other obligations ('Sorry, I can't, have to go drop off keys for Kenya-slash-Tom').

But the census and the medical project were half-lies, each merely an excuse — a "device," to use his word — to bring him to the island.

Mr. Jiang's comments may also be significant because he characterized the incident as an accident over which each side should excuse the other.

Perry's sturdily-constructed pop tunes are whipped up into a hectic megamix, each number the excuse for ever more outlandish staging.

https://t.co/psU7iSCY0o The advert shows an elderly man spending several Christmases alone; with his children providing a different excuse each year: "I just wanted to call and let you know that we can't make it for Christmas this year… we'll try again next year.

Kneeling to pull weeds and sift the soil becomes each day an excuse to pray.

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