Sentence examples for excuses coming from inspiring English sources

"There will be no excuses coming out of our locker room.

Have Your Say: On the question of who is to blame for the illegal donations scandal Laundering donations by Labour would be a comical Whitehall farce if it weren't so serious, but hearing the many lame excuses coming from ministers reminds me of a kindergarten class if the cookie jar went missing but no one knows anything.

Poems, like excuses, come in all shapes and sizes.

No excuses," come with their own wittily phrased elaborations.

The excuses come: the subcontractor hasn't been paid; the money will come by Monday, but the pay does not arrive.

The excuses came thick and fast all week, as European Union leaders, for all their customary talk of collective action, were forced by the world credit meltdown into a hotch-potch of individual national schemes to guarantee deposits and prop up banks (see article).The most amusing excuse for Europe's disarray came from François Fillon, the prime minister of France.

"We watched the semi-finals last year, thinking we should have been there but we weren't and there is a reason for that and we have to make sure there are no excuses come the end of this season".

Excuses come up, inner dialogue takes over.

Excuses come in many shapes and sizes, but the most common is "I would/would've, but... .....

Those days when like fifty excuses come up, such as needing to mow the lawn, having to make dinner, procrastinating on laundry, etc.

I was drunk and there was things going on in my life, but the thing is, so it's no excuse, coming down to alcohol".(Non-Indigenous, age 30).