Sentence examples for excuse I told from inspiring English sources

She quit shortly after, making up a polite excuse: "I told the organizer, 'You're reading fiction, and I'm reading history right now.' " Yes, it's a nice, high-minded idea to join a book group, a way to make friends and read books that might otherwise sit untouched.

"I don't know why I said ok; I couldn't think of a fast excuse," I told my producer when I got back to the station from the interview.

So it wasn't like I had to play Batman in his prime, so that was at least the excuse that I told myself".

Medical treatment provided me the capacity to counter my illness, my family and friends became the excuse I constantly told myself to keep fighting the affliction.

"Or maybe it's just an excuse I will tell my husband".

They have a list of excuses, I'm told.

In 40 years in politics, you'll excuse me if I tell you that I've never heard such hyperbolic nonsense.

"I have no excuse," he told the Huffington Post, adding, "I reacted spontaneously and I reacted wrongly, [with] no intent in any way to describe my record any different than it is".

I am in no way asking anyone to give the excuse that, "I was told to follow my intuition and feelings and be a dreamer, and today I feel lazy -- in fact, I have been feeling lazy for some time now so I am gonna skip on that task today".

After 45 minutes of awkward conversation and shit wine I made my excuses, told him I didn't kiss on the first date (a total lie) and left.

After 45 minutes of awkward conversation and shit wine I made my excuses, told him I didn't kiss on the first date (a total lie), and left. .