Sentence examples for excuse in order to from inspiring English sources

It's a song against yearning: the man seems to be inventing an excuse in order to avoid romantic entanglement.

At this point, using the benefit of the doubt as an excuse, in order to verify whether he will pivot on some of his incendiary remarks, is flawed and uninformed.

And there are still many people both Arabs (usually the ones in power) and observers of Arabs who invoke religion, culture and a medley of other excuses in order to argue that the Arab world is uniquely unsuited to democracy.

Yet considering the enormity of what the Government has done – sacking an expert of world renown because he does not acquiesce to its political agenda, and then offering feeble and mendacious excuses in order to justify this – Dr Harris's stand is puny.

Fellow first-team regulars John Barclay and Ross Ford were ruled out by injury before the plane was boarded and Nick De Luca and Max Evans were excused in order to work on pre-season conditioning.

We also know to take the criticism we receive seriously and listen for valid kernels of truth from thoughtful critics, while not being bullied or swayed by those who tend to complain and make excuses in order to avoid striving to do better.

When it comes to new plans, impact assessments are very important, in terms of both the ecological and the socio-economic effects - and not as a delay tactic, not as an excuse, but in order to provide clarity.

Flustered during a dinner date, he excuses himself in order to smash up the bathroom.

This time, a middle-ranking official stood in for him (the minister excused himself in order to hold talks in Beijing with his Russian counterpart).

And, you know, there's all kinds of excuses but in order to achieve lasting peace both sides must make constructive steps.

"They manage hundreds of people, and, at the end of the day, how many actually make it?" StylistMimi excused herself in order to live-stream, holding up her phone to give her followers a panorama of the room and narrating the proceedings in a syrupy voice.