Excusing

Examples

• I thought, my father, said Lucie, excusing herself, with a pale face and in a faltering voice, that I heard strange feet upon the stairs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Sissy, who all this time had been faintly excusing herself with tears in her eyes, was now waved over by the master of the house to Mr. Gradgrind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He was at Mr. Letterblair's punctually at seven, glad of the pretext for excusing himself soon after dinner. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In excusing himself on account of a particular engagement, he offered the use of his apartment. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He stayed but a little while, excusing himself on the ground that he had a cold; and Mary did not reappear before he left the house. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• These weaklings became self-excusing, self-indulging scoundrels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He wrote and sent off a brief note excusing himself for that day, and ordered dinner presently in his own rooms at the hotel. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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