8 example sentences using excuse.
Excuse used in a sentence
Excuse in a sentence as a noun
It is not an excuse for why people suck at math or programming.
In fact, that is always the excuse that is used to surveil everyone.
"My business isn't working that well" is not a good excuse to hold your subscribers hostage.
I really enjoy this campaign because it gave me an excuse to compare it with snake oil labels.
Excuse in a sentence as a verb
You've already convicted them in your mind and are looking for any excuse to execute them.
But that's no excuse for leading us toward a world where the only practical choices are proprietary chat clients and protocols.
Nothing in computing is worse than software that knows exactly what you want it to do, then gives some shitdick excuse as to why it's not going to do it in an effort to get you to jump through meaningless hoops.
This "non-apology" apology, is the classic example of a tattletale at school...the classic excuse of its not my fault cuz everyone is doing it...more importantly, it is wrong, and demonstrates a "our sh don't stick mentality" exchanging a tweet for a link is considered exchanging services for a link, which does indeed fall under the buying links category.
Excuse definitions
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
See also: alibi exculpation self-justification
a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
See also: apology
accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
See also: pardon
serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"
See also: explain
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
See also: apologize apologise justify rationalize rationalise
ask for permission to be released from an engagement
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
See also: condone