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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:

The Times of London, in an editorial headed "Chance in a Millennium," said the thousands of people protesting in Seattle against globalization will "do serious harm if they give the negotiators inside excuses to shirk the tough decisions."
Conservatives are now ignoring reality with the help of four principal excuses.
Stop tracing everything backward, looking always to the past for sources, explanations, and excuses."
"No matter how they explain it, or what excuses they come up with for the situation in East Timor, the bottom line is Indonesia is responsible for everything that has happened there," it said.
In the Present we recognize that barriers are not excuses.