Sentence examples for given an excuse from inspiring English sources

I found it liberating to be given an excuse to ditch some of my backbreaking chores.

Given an excuse to be as flutteringly absurd as she often was anyway, Hepburn is heartbreaking.

And no one in the crowd is given an excuse to throw bricks.

American men should not be given an excuse for not discussing annual prostate cancer screening with their health care professional.

Those who think governments were given an excuse not to act are "heroes of the counterfactual", he argues.

Indeed, by enabling the island's rulers to present themselves as the victims of hegemonic bullying, it has shored up support for Cuba abroad and given an excuse for totalitarianism at home.

And that gives an excuse to procrastinate.

Enlarging the UN force gives an excuse to reorganise its command.

To embroil the war with the settlement of such intractable disputes is to give an excuse for prevarication.

(The chef, however, gave an excuse for the snail; I can live with the snail, not with the excuse).

I called the instructor right away, but I didn't feel comfortable sharing my problem, so I didn't give an excuse.