partial excuse
Example Sentences
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It was harder to keep up with world soccer in those days, but that’s only a partial excuse.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 13, 2019
A loss for United, meanwhile, would add bitter insult to a campaign that has strayed perilously close to ignominy even with mass injuries providing a partial excuse.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2016
And if that sounds a little dyspeptic at this moment of supreme national celebration, let me offer a partial excuse.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2012
Even if an eerie atmosphere could be used as a partial excuse for the hosts, they failed to create any chances worthy of the name.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2010
Napoleon made this act a partial excuse for invading the Spanish peninsula, under the pretense of guarding the coasts against the English.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
