Example Sentences

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Fiercer and fiercer waged the warfare, until at last every root of pride, or self-complacence, or self-excuse, was utterly cast out.

From Ester Ried by Pansy

All screening self-excuse, which rarely falls quite away while others respect us, forsook him for an instant, and he stood face to face with the first great irrevocable evil he had ever committed.

From Adam Bede by Eliot, George

Before I go further, I will offer one word in self-excuse.

From My Contemporaries In Fiction by Murray, David Christie

"I begged Hito that he let me be the one to bring thy food," said Wardo, and spoke as one in self-excuse.

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West

One word more in self-excuse, and I have done: however imperative, it is none the less hard to cultivate two opposing virtues at one and the same time.

From The Vicar's Daughter by MacDonald, George