How to use "excuse" in a sentence

She always found an excuse to speak to them

If you will excuse me...' He turned and walked out of the lounge.

'That's an excuse

He had been seething with hostility, always seeking an excuse to vent his anger on her.

What possible excuse could he have? What twisted logic could justify this sort of sick behavior? It was crazy, hateful.

"You don't need an excuse to ask me what you've come here to ask

He wasn't scheduled for R and R, and on the spur of the moment he couldn't think of an excuse to sign out one of the Range Rovers, so he tried to escape on foot

'I wanted an excuse to call on Miss Marple

Saying that she had lost her yellow hat had been an excuse to search my study

Don Diego says, "Please excuse me