Our troops are not expendable at the excuse of national interest.

Kris snatched at the excuse to turn her mood around.

A racing yacht, we change anything at the slightest excuse.

Curtis jumped at the excuse for some space.

"Given access to it, they'd be pelting one another with clingfire and worse at the slightest excuse."

Kirk didn't even glance up at the poor excuse for blue overhead.

So you'll run away at the slightest possible excuse, will you?

I yelled loudly at the sorry excuse for a man running ahead of us.

He grabbed at the excuse, which had the virtue of not being a lie.

We should also look carefully at the excuse that Francesca offers.