Foul-tempered sort he was, and a real poor excuse for a cook.

"I gave her a ticket, even if it was a real excuse," he said.

That was her real excuse for working so hard.

Only this time, you have a real excuse for doing it.

I couldn't think of a real excuse not to do it, but I didn't want to.

Yes, of course she was a little peculiar, as they say, but I never see myself that that's any real excuse.

There was no real excuse to wait on the transport's ramp any longer, Orne told himself.

There are no real excuses for most of my ignorance of the process.

But at least they had given him a real excuse to take over.

They're probably the only people with a real excuse for still wearing furs.