Example Sentences

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The Saints also have excused Tyrann Mathieu from the opening of training camp while the newly acquired safety and former LSU star attends to a personal matter.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

"Law & Order" diehards have excused all of their favorite detectives reaching out to Chris Noth's power-abusing Mike Logan.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2022

Had the bill only benefited the Grant Town plant, Manchin said at the time, “I would have excused myself from voting,” according to a contemporaneous account in the Charleston Gazette.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2021

Albert Einstein is famously said to have excused himself from a meeting to go watch the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021

“And what a scream! If she had been in great pain one would have excused it, but she only wanted to bring us all here: I know her naughty tricks.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë