Sentence examples for for some excuse from inspiring English sources

And except for some excuse or other, they'd be in uniform out there.

I can remember a time when this was true of me, when I'd be at a party or a dinner, and if I knew there was a game going on, I'd be looking for some excuse to cut out early, thinking the whole time about when I could make my getaway.

Our poor extraterrestrial visitor would have a tough time working it out -- and would probably look for some excuse to leave.

He also wondered, in a manner more quizzical than mean-spirited, if Federer was "just looking for some excuses after the match".

He wears his heart on his sleeve, and in the heat of the moment after the race he was most probably looking for some excuses for losing the win right after winning the world championship.

"We shouldn't arrest one or two people just like that for nothing, with some excuse, and make cases against them, and then blow it out of proportion," Rouhani said at a cabinet meeting this week.

He has some excuse for that.

This is some excuse for Cro-Magnon behavior.

Most productions find some excuse for preserving their soprano's modesty.

In addition, the performance was right after lunch, so perhaps there was some excuse for my neighbors' snooziness.

There was some excuse for its failure: Axel fell ill during the editing process and was unable to complete post-production work.