Meanings of polite excuses in English

You can merely send polite excuses when she invites you.

Somewhere far off, Ruggerio was making polite excuses.

Marybeth grabbed her coat and made polite excuses.

The two papers to which he took it returned it with ironically polite excuses for being unable to publish it.

Yet her attempts at explanation were generally taken as polite excuses for neglecting those who had been kind and cordial.

It would just take some fancy footwork and plenty of polite excuses for never spending a single second with him alone.

The inspectors made polite excuses and withdrew, ostensibly to the caboose, leaving Mercy and Horatio Korman alone in the deserted sleeper car.

He then tried to make polite excuses to leave, but a pushy bartender persuaded him to try his specialty hibiscus rum punch.

When John Evans was approached about managing the Tipperary footballers, he could have instantly returned a thousand polite excuses and forgotten all about it.

The Consuls presented President Adam's letter of polite excuses, addressed to the Prince of Tunis, "the well-guarded city, the abode of felicity."

Without once turning my back on him I rose to my feet (happily I was bigger than he was), made some polite excuses and left.

Polite excuses will be made, Father's absence explained away.