Sentence examples for polite excuses from inspiring English sources
A week of polite excuses would be made until my father called, distraught, and I was summoned to see my mother, dissolved in hopeless tears, in her perfectly appointed, all-white, mirror-walled apartment.
That Mr. McCain was the star attraction and that Steve Forbes also made an appearance while Mr. Bush skipped the convention, was explained with polite excuses and bent-over-backward understanding.
"He has mightily pissed off most of the main players by getting into stupid arguments with his advisers about whether or not to attend, for example, EPP summits, then not turning up, but in the muddle failing even to make formal polite excuses.
"I really need to concentrate so can this wait?" For some people, disengagement and polite excuses are enough.
Sometimes she uses her pacemaker as a polite excuse.
This will allow for greater good will on your part when you tap them gently on the shoulder — because there's no way in Motown they could hear a polite "excuse me" over their pounding bass lines.
These things I learned: cracks and seams in the sidewalk are not the scooterist's friend, a polite "excuse me" cuts you only so much slack and the scooterist's code is a subtle one.
She quit shortly after, making up a polite excuse: "I told the organizer, 'You're reading fiction, and I'm reading history right now.' " Yes, it's a nice, high-minded idea to join a book group, a way to make friends and read books that might otherwise sit untouched.
If you don't have a retinue of servants (or a wing man) to help you out, thank your connection partner for his time and make a polite excuse to move on.
Decline, and offer a polite excuse.
