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Example sentences for: excuses

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

Graham has been a presidential suck-up since the Eisenhower administration and still makes excuses for Bill Clinton's alleged philandering.
Four excuses sound like you're holding back the real reason.
Stevens himself is so closemouthed about it that he could do an ad for No Excuses jeans.
[Mary Imber went on to chide the Editor for a number of typographical errors-- literals in English English--(e.g., Ford Maddox Ford for ... Madox ...) for which only apologies, no excuses, are offered.
Election Night Excuses