Sentence examples for excuse for attempting from inspiring English sources

A judge sentenced a Brooklyn man, Ralph Gardella, 36, to 23 years in prison yesterday, after telling him that his drug and mental health problems were no excuse for attempting to rape and murder a 74-year-old retired actress in her SoHo apartment.

Last I checked "being human" wasn't really a great excuse that could hold up in the court of law as an excuse for attempted rape and murder, but what do I know?

But "it's too hard" or "we just don't do that anymore" are not valid excuses for attempting to pass some legislative shortcut that will eventually (almost inevitably) be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Yet this complexity provides no excuse for not attempting to evaluate such programs.

But there's never been a day that you've held up your hearing loss as a reason for failure or as an excuse for not attempting something.

Do not use this as an excuse for not attempting it often.

Not even because Richie decided to "follow his heart" and ditch the favourite; this is, after all, a show built entirely on the idea that "following your heart" can be an excuse for anything, including attempting to find lasting romance through a series of humiliating escapades on national television.

Can the threat to security be an excuse for government attempts to muzzle the media?

My own strongly held view is that no matter how unorthodox the reasoning process or how unpalatable the conclusions, there is no excuse for any attempt to suppress new ideas, least of all by scientists committed to the free exchange of ideas.

Perhaps the dismal digs made sense for the first few months before I got a teaching job, but after that there was no excuse for not at least attempting a modest upgrade.

There are no excuses for not even attempting to create credible plans.