Sentence examples for offering an excuse from inspiring English sources

It is possible that Jones has been experiencing the usual pain longtime boxers endure, and the Jones supporter was offering an excuse for Jones not knocking out Gonzalez.

Blanketed in snow over the weekend, Paris on Sunday settled into a lovely calm: no tooting cars on my street, slushy sidewalks offering an excuse to say in bed.

She cuts off a dancer offering an excuse, a reason something didn't work.

Offering an excuse gives a woman the idea that it could easily happen again.

"What he needs to do is, instead of offering an excuse, just say, 'I would have done it differently.' Just be honest and transparent.

And the district attorney's office which was pointedly asked in the recent appellate legal argument if it has an interest in doing justice by "finding out what happened here?" reportedly replied not with action but by offering an excuse for inaction.

Nor is the defense offering an alibi or excuse for Mr. Gupta's conduct, something seen in the prosecution of street crimes.

While this has the effect of pushing "The Reader" into uncomfortable allegorical territory — at times, the movie comes perilously close to offering an implicit excuse for her crimes and for the crimes of other ordinary Germans who were just following orders — Hanna herself refuses any kind of absolution.

He makes and breaks dates for a chat, eventually offering a feeble excuse and hanging up.

Go downhill, however, and the arrow changes direction as the battery recharges, offering a great excuse for a few seconds' freewheeling, savouring the sound of birdsong and bleating instead of roaring motor.

Chinese New Year's Eve falls on February 9 this year, marking the end of the Year of the Dragon and offering a good excuse to party it up and celebrate the approaching Year of the Snake.