Sentence examples for this excused from inspiring English sources

"I'm half French, you see," she explained to Viva in a pouty way as if this excused everything.

While none of this excused the horrendous ruling for women's access for contraception, and while not a great reassurance by any means, the hope was that these statements show there are some limits the court would keep in place.

Miss California, like many who share her take on the marriage issue, was careful to talk about her "opinion" and "beliefs" and the way she was raised as if this excused her intolerance.

Not that this excuses his behaviour.

Of course, none of this excuses the riots.

But none of this excuses the breathtakingly bad behaviour of a significant minority of cyclists.

None of this excuses your brother-in-law's rude reply — again, by e-mail.

This excuses me from saying: "That's the most insipid indie rock I've ever heard".

Where Obama is concerned, this excuses nothing – but explains a great deal.

None of this excuses the treatment of Turing during his final years, says Prof Copeland.

After a good twenty minutes of this, Lizi excused herself.