Excused is an English word with synonyms like exempt. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Excused meaning
simple past and past participle of excuse
Synonyms of Excused
Using Excused
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of excuse
- Useful related words include: exempt.
- In the example corpus, excused often appears in combinations such as: be excused, excused from, was excused.
Context around Excused
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Excused
- In this selection, "excused" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slayer, unless, judge, wednesday, himself and away stand out and add context to how "excused" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include absence was excused and are not excused because they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "excused" sits close to words such as aberration, aditya and af, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with excused
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His behavior was excused by the public and the critics. (10 words)
Anyone who cannot travel safely to school will be excused. (10 words)
He asked that Zuma be excused from the hearing of his application in August. (14 words)
It didn't take much sleuthing to find Messi posting an ad urging fans to subscribe to the MLS package and promoting Wednesday's game on his Instagram, although that could easily be excused away as a contractually obligated duty. (40 words)
He made the most of the increased snaps given to him while S Keanu Neal and Damontae Kazee were on the mend with injuries and S Minkah Fitzpatrick was excused from the team for personal reasons. (36 words)
While this could be excused by the player being a Dragonborn, the fact that they can still get poisoned and suffer from diseases does not point towards them being immune to addiction. (32 words)
Are these personality quirks the essence of their brilliance or pathological eccentricities which sabotage greatness and should not be excused? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another 10 prospective jurors were excused Wednesday for the trial of Mohamed Noor, bringing the total to 16 excused so far out of a pool of 75 potential jurors.
Are these personality quirks the essence of their brilliance or pathological eccentricities which sabotage greatness and should not be excused?
Baba-Ahmed became emotional and had to be excused as he stepped off the set to get himself together before he returned.
Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn said after the Nets' 125-123 win that Irving didn't attend the game against the and that the player's absence was excused.
Having a statement from a physician that a seat belt is excused for a medical reason.
He asked that Zuma be excused from the hearing of his application in August.
He made the most of the increased snaps given to him while S Keanu Neal and Damontae Kazee were on the mend with injuries and S Minkah Fitzpatrick was excused from the team for personal reasons.
He then excused himself—the third round of voting was about to begin, and he needed to rush back to the House chamber.
His behavior was excused by the public and the critics.
It didn't take much sleuthing to find Messi posting an ad urging fans to subscribe to the MLS package and promoting Wednesday's game on his Instagram, although that could easily be excused away as a contractually obligated duty.
It is also painfully, terribly true that the past cannot be undone, even as it cannot be excused.
Many will be excused if they think the grumpiest city across Europe could be located in a cold area, far from the turquoise seaside.
Similar caution is being shown with Brandon Sinclair after his hamstring issue and both players will be excused the trip to Nairn this weekend.
Spike's redemption in Buffy the Vampire Slayer excused his past crimes and focused too much on his romance with Buffy, undermining his villainous era.
Such is the case for deliberately missing Mass without good reason on Sundays and other holy days of obligation unless excused for serious reason (for example, illness).
The judge excused the jury without delivering a verdict on some counts — including another conspiracy charge for Pezzola — after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision.
They are not excused because they are getting old and, no one calls them to act in Hollywood anymore.
Vallow's attorneys cited her 'fragile' mental state, asking if she could be excused during the detective's testimony.
While this could be excused by the player being a Dragonborn, the fact that they can still get poisoned and suffer from diseases does not point towards them being immune to addiction.
Anyone who cannot travel safely to school will be excused.
Common combinations with excused
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be excused 39×
- excused from 20×
- was excused 14×
- excused himself 14×
- excused for 9×
- then excused 6×
- excused the 6×
- excused if 6×
- an excused 6×
- been excused 6×