Sentence examples for excuse for giving from inspiring English sources

But that's no excuse for giving up.

If there were an excuse for giving short shrift to the Establishment Clause, it would probably apply here.

I'm not one of them, but to the extent they're talking about real individual worth and not just an excuse for giving more money to the rich, they're right".

The M.T.A. reminds you that being on a delayed train is no excuse for giving people insincere relationship advice that could lead them to make a decision they'll regret for the rest of their lives.

Back in Victorian and Edwardian days, country sportsmen, being patriots, tended to view the Glorious Twelfth as an excuse for giving a comradely leg up to the arms business.

There is no excuse for giving special exemptions to Amazon and other Internet retailers.

But neither that, nor the likelihood that some food aid would be stolen, are excuses for giving nothing.

Sarkozy, dubbed "President Bling Bling" for his huge wristwatches and taste for holidaying with billionaires, made no excuses for giving himself a personal salary increase of more than 170% to €19,000 a month when he took office.

I'll have no excuse for not giving the spinach crop all the drink it could want.

The New Yorker, July 3 , 1926P. 7 Young lady thought she would learn to drive car, so Father wouldn't have any excuse for not giving her one.

And when the conventional wisdom suggests that "every arts organization is in trouble," there is also an implied excuse for not giving generously to a special campaign ("Why should I give a lot when the entire field is doomed to failure anyway").