excuse oneself
Example Sentences
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The easy solution is to excuse oneself from the table and talk to a manager out of view.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2015
It is as well to attempt to excuse oneself from performing the duty.
From Tales of Old Japan by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron Redesdale
But it was not easy to excuse oneself to Jeremy; his discernments were keen.
From All Men are Ghosts by L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks
To excuse oneself of a sin one has committed, belongs to the third species, since by so doing a man ascribes to himself the good of innocence which he has not.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
One might as well excuse oneself for letting a lunatic escape by the pretext of his lunacy.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
