Definition: 1. Serve as a reason or cause or justification of. 2. A reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour. 3. A good reason that you give for doing something that you want to do for other reasons.
Use 'excuse' in a sentence:
1. Excuse me, can you tell me where the lost property is?
2. I found her excuse very hard to swallow.
3. He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep.
4. You must excuse my father ─ he's not always that rude.
5. It gave me an excuse to take the car.
6. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm a very busy man.
7. Excuse me, could you let me through?
8. We can excuse his behaviour as youthful exuberance.
9. He always gives the same old excuses.
10. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse.
11. You must excuse my father—he's not always that rude.
12. His excuse just doesn't ring true.
13. I hope you'll excuse me for being so late.
14. Excuse me, I can't get by.
15. Can't you think up a better excuse than that?
16. She excused herself and left the meeting early.
17. Excuse my interrupting you.
18. If you'll excuse me, I really must circulate.
19. You don't have to make excuses for her.
20. You might be excused for thinking that Ben is in charge.
21. Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you there.
22. What excuse did he invent this time?
23. Late again! What's your excuse this time?
24. She walked along rehearsing her excuse for being late.
25. Guy sneezed loudly. 'Excuse me,' he said.
26. He made up some excuse about his daughter being sick.
27. Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone.
28. Excuse me, I seem to have lost my place.
29. Please excuse me, but there is something I must say.
30. If you'll excuse me, I must go and mingle.
31. I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
32. Mr. Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse.
33. Excuse me, but are you Mr. Honig?
34. He'll grab at any excuse to avoid doing the dishes.
35. He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting.
36. She came up with the perfect excuse.
37. His excuses cut no ice with me.
38. He said he didn't have time or made some such excuse.
39. Why get involved with that pathetic excuse for a human being?
40. Excuse me, is this your seat?
41. She made all the usual excuses.
42. She served up the usual excuse.
43. These excuses are wearing a little thin.
44. She is not short of excuses when things go wrong.
45. It's just an excuse for a party.
46. Nothing can excuse such rudeness.
47. She fell back on her usual excuse of having no time.
48. She's very ingenious when it comes to finding excuses.
