Sentence examples for minimize or excuse from inspiring English sources

Clarke promised the jury that she would not try to minimize or excuse Tsarnaev's conduct.

"I do not wish to minimize or excuse my own failure as captain to prevent this tragedy," he writes, adding that he considered leaving the Navy before "the highest leaders of my service" talked him into staying.

Whether it's emotional neglect, failures in empathy, guilt, or more overt forms of abuse, we all unconsciously minimize or subtly excuse our parents misdeeds in an effort to maintain a relationship that is necessary for our survival.

Brown's death was the final spark in a summer of violence against black Americans, exacerbated by police misconduct and the attacks on Brown's character, meant to minimize or even excuse his death.

We want to minimize (or if possible, entirely avoid) mistakes.

Mentally strong people don't hide or excuse their mistakes.

"Pardon?" or "excuse me?" are insufferably euphemistic.

Problems with study design, patient selection, drug toxicity, and drug dosing have been used to explain or excuse failures.

Or, excuse me, waterboarding people. .

That you are over age 65 does not minimize the harm or excuse you.

They found that Phelps' case was minimized and excused while Vick's situation was framed as criminal activity and proof of his deviant nature.