give excuse

Examples (10)

• He gave the teacher a rather unconvincing excuse for being late.
• The rainy weather gave me the perfect excuse to stay home and read a book.
• Please don't give me an excuse; just tell me the truth about what happened.
• What excuse did she give for not attending the mandatory team meeting?
• I'm tired of him constantly giving lame excuses for his mistakes.
• If you can give a valid excuse with a doctor's note, your absence will be approved.
• No official excuse was given by the company for the sudden project delay.
• The festival's cancellation gave them an excuse to plan a different kind of holiday.
• Stop giving excuses and start taking responsibility for your actions.
• When asked why he failed, he couldn't give any excuse at all.