Mistakes ending in deaths of the innocent are not excusable. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Excuse my (treasured) ignorance, but why might it be 'excusable' for journals to be evasive about turnaround time?. From Wordnik.com. [Airminded] Reference
She felt that they were excusable because Kate was Kate. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
'If it is excusable,' said he, 'I do not eat of the pig.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
Thirty years ago it would have been excusable, but to-day!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She looked disturbed, -- which was, on the whole, excusable. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
On some level, perhaps that is understandable, if not excusable. From Wordnik.com. [Kamran Pasha: The ADL Defames its Jewish Heritage] Reference
If this is selfishness, it is surely a refined sort, and excusable. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
"In the circumstances, I think you are excusable," replied the doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
"I am very glad to hear it," she said -- it was a very excusable lie, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
This was excusable, because the enemy was an alien; but what can be thought of. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
Doing so might conceivably be excusable if we're likely to catch terrorists this way. From Wordnik.com. [I Know What You Did Last Summer] Reference
"Fighting's a bad thing in general, but you are excusable, my lad, you are excusable.". From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
"It's entirely excusable under the circumstances," said Dangerfield, with deliberate accent. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
She felt herself more guilty than all the others, for her weakness appeared less excusable to her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Even this might be seen as somewhat excusable, were she in the midst of a tough re-election campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [137] -- Listen To Westen And Lakoff, Democrats!] Reference
Forgetful, over-committed, but not nasty or intentionally mean-spirited. just self-involved and excusable. From Wordnik.com. [Not All Bridges Can Be Burned] Reference
And should I not be excusable if I entertained toward you the sentiment of an exterminating angel; and have. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
With the present rapid progress of applied chemistry, an addendum in a work of this kind is quite excusable. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Palmer had become frenzied the night previous and cried over the excusable blunders of an honest meaning man. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
In conversing with a foreigner who may be learning our language, it is excusable to help him in some delicate way. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
She had the gray and care-worn look excusable in a woman approaching the fortieth mile-stone who has spent a wakeful night. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
When the full story of his life and that of his quietly 'implacable' wife is read, his conduct seems natural and excusable. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
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