But she is by no means free from him; she forces herself to remain faithful to him, she retires from the world to avoid temptation; in her imagination she excuses and idealizes him.
But once I sent my army against him when his excuses became wearisome.
So the Colonel returned at an unseemly hour and his excuses were not accepted.
And so it was that when, in due time, Israel came with many excuses and asked for Ruth in marriage, the Rabbi gave her to him.
This despatch written in the common cant of the people, concluded with quotations from the Prophet on brotherly love and a significant and more sincere assurance that the Basha would not admit of excuses "of the thickness of a hair.
I suppose thare iz sum ov them who hav a good excuse for their nuterness; menny ov them are too stingy tew marry; this iz one ov the best excuses i kno ov, for a stingy man ain't fit to hav a nice woman.
Thare are a grate menny excuses that are wuss than the offence.
In almost every instance where you meet any sign of intelligence, excuses and explanations are freely made, and these explanations fully justify their points of view.
Still, most people are now ashamed to admit that punishment is based on vengeance and, for that reason, various excuses and apologies have been offered for the cruelty that goes with it.
In both these cases, her temper excusesand accounts for her conduct.
The sentence to which I refer, contained the words which cast in my teeth the excuses that I had made for Oscar's absence.
Was she still out of temper, when she made her excuses to you?
There was a stimulant in my sense of my own resolution which strengthened me to make my excuses to Lucilla, without betraying the grief that tortured me when I found myself in her presence again.
To my amazement, she not only met me with the needful excuses for her behavior on the previous day, but showed herself to be perfectly resigned to the temporary loss of Oscar's society.
She had made her excuses to me in the kindest manner; and I had received them with the most unpardonable rudeness.
Lucilla received his excuses with the readiest grace and kindness.
Those rare persons who have been in love, and who have not completely forgotten it yet, may perhaps find excuses for me.
The letter that he had left on the table was full of expressions of love and remorse, to say nothing of excuses for his infamous behavior to me.
I cannot venture on asking the question--I can only make myexcuses in due form.
She reproached him, and tried to find excuses for him.
He excuses his knowledge of Brandt's conduct to the king, and pretends that he had not been so fully aware of the affair before.
All the rest consists of excuses and palliations, which are only founded on his statements, but which have been proved quite differently by me.
Excuses lead to prevarications, and prevarications to--what I will not insult you by imagining possible in your case.
I tell you again, I will hear nothing which begins with such common-place excuses as you have just addressed to me.
His generous, large nature fought hard to find excuses for her.
It was in vain that he tried to satisfy his imaginative craving with these idle visions of her: it was she herself he must see; and he set about devising all manner of wild excuses for one last visit to the South.
But at this sudden revelation of the incomparable grace, and self-possession, and high loveliness of this beautiful creature, all his courage and hopes fled instantly, and he could only stammer out excuses for his calling so early.
She never held it against the young scamp that he never writ back even the scratch of a pen, just as full of excuses for him as Ma would be if it was one of you lads," and Pearl's voice quivered a little.
They tried to keep up each other's courage, making all sorts of excuses for Mr. Cavers's absence.
Nor, though she came in very soon and offered both excuses and explanations for her absence, did he experience any appreciable relief, or feel at all satisfied that he was not threatened with some secret and terrible catastrophe.
The excuses which he made did not seem current (indeed being feigned by Pamphilus, who already knew that Lisard was Nisa's eldest brother).
Sometimes, if they were frightened, a young Wiggler would forget and get head uppermost for a minute, but he was always ashamed to have this happen, and made all sorts of excuses for himself when it did.
At such times, they made many excuses to go calling, and always managed to tell about what they had seen, what they had heard, and what they were perfectly certain it meant.
On the stoep she paused to listen to them following after her and heard a portion of Mrs. Jakes' excuses to her husband.
He expected every month to possess riches that would buy Peru; and, when he was disappointed, accepted patiently the excuses of Borri who, upon every failure, was always ready with some plausible explanation.
I was certain his people were taking him away by force, and I was making excusesfor him.
In fact it is impossible to prove in any given case that the sufferer is in any way culpable: every profligateexcuses himself or herself to the doctor on this ground; and though the excuse may not be believed, its truth is generally possible.
If brought up to late rising, she will like it; it will be her habit; she will, when married, never want excuses for indulging in the habit.
There are never wanting excuses for any thing which we feel strongly inclined to do.
The Dauphin tried to back out of the dilemma between his two suitors by frivolous excuses to both, all the time determining to assist neither.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "excuses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
