"I'll have a perfect excuse not to make certain tedious meetings," he says.

Or did he just want an excuse to make love to her again, an outlet for six months of sexual frustration?

You find an excuse to make a phone call.

I like to find excuses to see my brother, make sure he's not making too many mistakes.

But his excuses, when facing various career options, make Boss an original.

There was nothing to say, no excuses to make.

"Somehow I don't think a medical excuse would have made the bandits leave me alone."

"An ordinary excuse any child might make," the coroner said.

We have no excuses to make, and we are all equally guilty.

She saw clearly that excuses would only make things worse.