excuse for

Frequency: 9.458.1 per million words

A reason given for an action or event.

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Examples (20)

  • That's no excuse for being so rude to your mother.
  • She's a pathetic excuse for an actress.
  • There's absolutely no excuse for such unprofessional behavior.
  • Why get involved with that pathetic excuse for a human being?
  • His illness was a valid excuse for missing the important meeting.
  • He's a poor excuse for a leader.
  • She used her busy schedule as an excuse for not attending the wedding.
  • That old car is a sorry excuse for transportation.
  • What possible excuse for this mess could you have?
  • This is a miserable excuse for a meal.
  • Don't use your age as an excuse for not learning new technology.
  • The restaurant served a pitiful excuse for pizza.
  • The weather provided a perfect excuse for staying indoors all day.
  • That's a lousy excuse for a vacation spot.
  • He invented a pathetic excuse for arriving three hours late.
  • The team put up a sad excuse for a performance.
  • There's no acceptable excuse for treating employees so poorly.
  • This broken chair is a poor excuse for furniture.
  • Her headache was just an excuse for avoiding the family dinner.
  • He's nothing but a sorry excuse for a friend.