I made an excuse, and came to see what was going on.

I just wanted you to know I'm not making excuses.

I don't think either of you needs to make excuses for what happened.

Did she think I was going to make excuses for her and me?

These aren't the words of a man who's trying to make excuses for himself.

If I'd started making excuses, he would have known right away something was going on.

One thing you can do is to stop making excuses for the person.

I'm not trying to make excuses here, but I was way over my head.

Was she only making excuses for herself to see him again?

If a guy does not want to show up for me, he should simply say so and stop making excuses.