Sentence examples for excuse on from inspiring English sources

Because this "little fib" was used so often, and not just in my hometown, it has entered our everyday discourse as an expression which is understood to mean "a made up excuse on which one relies in order to avoid doing what one was being asked to do".

Really, there's no excuse on this one.

Given the existence of such forms as accede and accuse, on the one hand, and of except, exceed, and excuse, on the other, one might be inclined to analyze accept into ac- (which might subsequently be recognized as a variant of ad-) and -cept.

"There's always something you could make an excuse on.

There shouldn't be any excuse on our part".

I can't use any excuse on our side, other than we're not hitting real well and they're pitching pretty good".

Not responding to the invite and making up an excuse later on will not be well received.

After the jury was excused on Wednesday, Mr. Martin, one of the defense lawyers, renewed a motion to dismiss all charges.

I had ticked off all the excuses on my list until only one remained: actually losing a job because of drink.

So he's excused on a technicality.

This is partly excused on grounds of geography.