Sentence examples for excuses which are from inspiring English sources

Excuse may also be invoked when the coerced person acts in ignorance or if the harm she causes is unintentional (excuses which are available regardless of whether one is coerced).

They have run out of excuses, which is why they intentionally altered the look of fur".

The situations that could result from the Ashley Madison exposure will put a premium on believable excuses, which is why psychiatrists and psychologists will be in high demand.

He's giving me an excuse, which is generous of him.

My excuse, which was not a good excuse, was that I was on a yellow card from my wife.

Then there is the biting wit of Only An Excuse, which is a bit like Rory Bremner devoting a show to football impressions.

"Google may use politics as its excuse, which is easy for Westerners to accept, but in essence this is just a business failure," he said in an interview.

Not too many of Chelsea's beaten opponents this season have been able to reach for such an excuse, which was of course still another tribute to the man who had been given the job of picking up the pieces.

They use the "security excuse" which is BS.

Chris Cole, who runs the blog Drone Wars UK, reckons that this excuse – which is leant authority, he says, by the "Help for Heroes culture" prevalent in our society – is denying us a full public discussion about the ramifications of British drone use.

"The only thing I can do is to say, well look here, freedom means you have to be constantly on your guard against those who use terrorism and the need to defend against it as an excuse for actions which are manifestly unacceptable," he said.