Sentence examples for excuses on from inspiring English sources

"Our Santa has variously been on a diet or is lactose-intolerant," said a lawyer friend who has contrived excuses on more than one occasion to explain to her daughter why the cookies and milk that her daughter had left out for Santa on Christmas Eve remained untouched the next morning.

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

In the past, you could make excuses on the grounds of ignorance.

Whereas, if the sexuality is stressed, that excuses on a certain level the racial thing.

They have instead defended Trump and made excuses on his behalf.

There are excuses on offer – another injury crisis, an underwhelming summer of transfers – but this team does not want to take them.

Really, there's no excuse on this one.

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

So he's excused on a technicality.

One nominee, Sir David Garrard, may be excused on personal grounds.

This is partly excused on grounds of geography.