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Meanings of only excuse in English

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Usage of only excuse in English
1
They are my only excuse for having lived in it so long.
Soldiers of Fortune
2
Poker is the only excuse that would carry any weight with it.
The Man on the Box
3
This is my only excuse for troubling you at the present time.
Friends and Neighbors; Or, Two Ways of Living in the World
4
My only excuse was that I'd been eighteen when my father died.
A kiss of shadows
5
This is the only excuse even a bright man can think of.
The Spinster Book
6
His only excuse was that he had been thinking of other things.
Mezzerow Loves Company
7
Your story had set me on fire, and that's my only excuse.
Put Yourself in His Place
8
The only excuse he ever made is to be found in the sonnet-line:
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
9
Indeed it is the only excuse they ever seem to offer.
The Irish Times
10
His only excuse was those monsters-thosechanged men-hadnever been consistent.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
11
The only excuse I could offer would only make the offence still greater.
The Price
12
That was the only excuse he could think of for leaving the cab.
Dayworld
13
The only excuse I can offer is that I really was not well.
Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments
14
To the artistic temperament, enthusiasm is the only excuse for existence.
The Philistines
15
And I will say this for you, that the only excuse you have-
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12...
16
For him, eating was the one and only excuse for existing.
Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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