extenuation

Example Sentences

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In extenuation of himself, he says “no one anticipated” today’s facts: worldwide energy shortages and an unusually cold winter forecast.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

Asked about it, he dodged and weaved, searching for extenuation.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016

Committee chair Dianne Feinstein appears to offer some extenuation when she reminds us in the report's preamble of the shock and "pervasive fear" felt after 9/11.

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 11, 2014

Even then, some reporters' questions suggested that, if Weiner's conduct could be defined as an illness, some further extenuation might be available.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2013

"I'm afraid there is nothing I can plead in extenuation except that Grant Devine's agent swindled me," he said.

From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold