| The acts of violence by these revolutionaries were countered by excesses committed by the police. |
| Equally important, it protects freedom from itself, tempering excesses of individual license by postulating a higher moral code. |
| By avoiding the messiness of debate that a real democracy requires, we have given license to the excesses we now bemoan. |
| I usually go on the wagon for January as I am sick of booze after the excesses of December. |
| The march was to protest the alleged excesses of the City Police Commissioner against demonstrators during their recent agitation. |
| It is most prominent at this time of year, after the snow and before the rampant vegetation covers the worse excesses. |
