Sentence examples for excuse given for from inspiring English sources

"It's partly youth, and that's often the excuse given for it.

The excuse given for impotence is now that the US has toughened its criteria for removal.

That is despite a mandate the excuse given for prolonging the company's monopoly to get more phones to the poor and rural areas.

The "news" that some viewers had tweeted their disappointment at Reid being positioned behind a large desk was the excuse given for framing the narrative in this way, with media outlets implying a headline-worthy furore to justify eclipsing all other angles of the story.

The list also sheds new light on the old criticism that women executives don't take as many risks as men, which is one excuse given for failing to promote women.

A common excuse given for spending hours a day on these things is that they make it easy to keep up with and contact a person's so-called friends (most people only have a maximum three to four real, enjoyable friends at any given time and the rest are bags of flesh to call out of boredom) in one convenient array and makes planning Friday "gal pal" nights easier, but that's just flawed logic.

Nevertheless, the excuses given for keeping quiet are as important as the facts of a case.

But Bruce criticised what he described as the "lame excuse" given by DfID for its decision to contribute the money.

There are days when I feel like Reggie Perrin as I reel off the latest excuse given by the rail company for being late.

The official – and brand-spanking new – excuse subsequently given for this bravura performance was that Woodrooffe had been "tired and emotional".

Karim had implied in 2012 that wartime rape might be excused, given "consideration for the soldiers' difficulties" when out fighting.