6 sentences with “excuse”

Lack of time is the most common excuse for not exercising, according to a U.S. survey.

Postponing chores provides a perfect excuse when someone wants to impose on us ("I'd love to, Bob, but I have to...").

However, the idea of invasion created an excuse for Macedonian and Greek imperialism and aggression under the cultural pretext of revenge.

But what if she says, "You always make promises you never keep. In October you'll make up some excuse not to go. I think you owe me a trip first"?

It also gave Henry VIII an excuse to seize Catholic lands and wealth, especially those of the wealthy monasteries of England, which financed the crown and its subsequent military and naval development in the reign of his daughter Elizabeth.

On the whole, the legal categories used to explain and excuse the reality of Augustus' vast powers worked well during his administration, but sometimes proved to be a major problem with later emperors because few were as competent as he was.