On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Excuse. You'll also see the meaning, synonyms such as justify or forgive and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Excuse in a sentence
Related words
Excuse meaning
- To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
- To provide an excuse for; to justify.
Example sentences (20)
I expected that the players might try and go back to their old habits for a few games but there is no excuse anymore.
I have a sympathy for your mental health difficulties but nevertheless they do not excuse what you did,” he said.
Erykah Badass (excuse me, Badu) says she’s a mother first, then an artist, activist, director, DJ, and producer.
In that time, Sabretooth's tragic origins and numerous traumas have been exposed, but never used to excuse his actions.
It’d be great to see Sheila Carter return to Y&R – and she has an excellent excuse to make a GC comeback at the moment.
A defence lawyer told Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, there was "absolutely no excuse" for such a speed.
Andrew Whaley, senior technical director at Norwegian cybersecurity company Promon, said: “This is a pretty lame excuse.
Excuse me, it only came in on budget because city councillors threw another $3 million of our tax money at it.
However, this setup is just an excuse for an onslaught of quickfire gags and hilariously contrived set pieces.
Children have been used as an excuse to push back against human rights advances over at least the past century and a half.
Do you need a better excuse than National Beer Day and a balmy heatwave to head to the local for a cold one?
Everything—floating craps game, marching missionary parade—must “excuse me, pardon me” its way through the milling traffic.
If your home theater is lacking in the audio department, Woot! just gave you a great excuse to upgrade it.
Instead of making up an excuse for not getting him or her a gift on Valentine’s Day, get them a gift card.
Instead they preferred to expand the meaning of antisemitism to excuse Israel’s abuse of the Palestinians.
In addition, they are expected to show up at the picket lines unless they have a “written medical excuse” as to why they cannot.
Fortunately, the U2724DE doesn’t use this as an excuse to slack off, and it delivers image quality that’s at the top of its class.
IDC if it's antibiotics, weed, or WTF if there's a prescription there is really no excuse to say no.
Failing to take the roadside test or police station test without a reasonable excuse is an offence.
Konstal enjoys the sport for how unique it is and how it provides an excuse to play in the water.
Common combinations with excuse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an excuse 58×
- excuse for 52×
- excuse to 45×
- no excuse 30×
- the excuse 12×
- excuse me 12×
- to excuse 9×
- excuse that 8×
- excuse of 8×
- any excuse 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word excuse. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.