Sentence examples for excuse that is from inspiring English sources

Drivers add that it's too easy to push the wrong button by accident, an excuse that is hard to fathom if it kept happening.

It is just an excuse that is used.

In the realm of, "No, I can't," the excuse that is easiest to spittle out is, "I don't have time".

At one point, after a longish delay, Richard Kind, who played Max Bialystock in a performance that was a good deal better than "almost good," returned to the stage with the excuse that is eminently forgivable in L.A.: "Traffic".

I know, for instance, that I'm capable of faking others out by using an excuse that is seen as socially acceptable, such as doing anything that involves service to others.

It also takes away an excuse that is often made to Congress as to why action is not have been taken against a contractor crime, i.e. that military has no authority over such civilians or only has a "coordinating" relationship with contractors in the field.

Worse, the victim becomes the sum of the excuses that were made for her death.

"No excuses, that's a ground-ball double play right there," Reyes said.

Avoid clichéd excuses that are commonly used to avoid stating the real reason.

He said: "Where we get gang members or young people carrying knives, there is no excuse … that is a serious matter for me, and I am afraid knives generally do one thing – that is wound people and sometimes kill them.

"But that wouldn't excuse conduct that is inappropriate.