Sentence examples for tragic excuse from inspiring English sources

Purim may provide the tragic excuse for such acts of violence -- or less vicious but all-to-hurtful expressions of disdain for non-Jews.

Police shouldn't panic, and they shouldn't use tragic deaths as an excuse to get itchy trigger fingers not even when dealing with weirdos and extremists.

"My office will aggressively pursue any loan servicing company that uses this tragic event as an excuse to violate loss mitigation decision timelines".

The Voice's Musto wrote that despite this burnished public reputation, it was "tragic" the way Koch "hid behind excuses" in his private life.

But Stephanie Smith's very tragic hamburger-induced affliction provides me with still another excuse (as if I needed one) to shun the carnivorous ways of so many of my fellow beings.

The tragic terrorist events in Paris should not be used as an excuse for an extension of the already extensive surveillance powers enjoyed by intelligence agencies.

Unlike Greuze's pedantic attention to the accoutrements of antiquity, Kauffman's selection of a Roman subject is an excuse for a display of human feelings in a tragic atmosphere.

His excuse would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic; he was constantly traveling and speaking to the media and opining about everything related to AIDS research and treatment.

This long news report in 2011 carried excuses from the six men's defence counsel around the tragic waste of the men's promising football careers because of one "mistake".

About 90 percent of abortions take place in the first trimester, but that does not excuse some states' efforts to require women to continue pregnancies after a tragic fetal diagnosis or pregnancies that result from rape or incest.

It's disturbing that a tragic event like Sept. 11, an event that should bring the country together, is being used as an excuse for prejudice.