Sentence examples for excused as from inspiring English sources

But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wanted other religiously affiliated institutions -- such as Catholic hospitals and universities -- to be excused as well.

Jackson, a multimillionaire megastar, was excused as an eccentric.

Even his prodigious sensuality was excused as a symbol of his Olympian stature.

Maybe the use of the same plot structure could be excused as coincidence.

The title, uncomfortably pejorative in English, might best be excused as an example of Swiss irony.

If Darius McCollum were a millionaire, he might be excused as an eccentric.

D.R.M.-free downloads are excused as "promoting" music that consumers eventually purchase.

When racist behavior is exhibited by individuals, it can be written off — not excused — as random, individual acts of hooliganism.

Violent abuses of accepted legal standards and human rights, initially excused as a revolutionary necessity, became the regime-sustaining norm.

While foot-and-mouth might be excused as an act of God, California's electricity mess is man-made.

Most of that can be excused as the routine partisan ebullience that you expect from someone in Mr. Gillespie's position.