Words similar to excuse

Example sentences for: excuse

How can you use “excuse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But when we arrived at our destination and were safely on the sidewalk, my friend murmured, Excuse me, but isn't the proper expression slow down?
Quinn isn't covered by Gore's excuse that the president and veep are exempt from the Hatch Act.
Excuse the expression: This is a fine example of the Times' having its cake and eating it too.
At the same time, though, admitting that I need to keep Africana because it's all we have right now is too much like how some older folk I know feel about Ebony and BET (which, one wag I know quips, stands for the Brothers' Excuse for Television).
In short (excuse the pun), for one reason or another users in the UK would be better served by a better dictionary of abbreviations than this; US users should be alerted to the fact that the text is British, unedited for American spelling: for `decagramme, decalitre, decametre' read `decagram, decaliter, decameter.