1. I am sorry to interrupt you.

Oh, excuse me, I didn't know you were busy.

2. that was not what I intended to say or do.

As a kid growing up, my family grew strawberries, excuse me, grew tomatoes.

3. I did not hear you.

Which office do you work in? Excuse me?

Related vocabulary: pardon me

• in a vacuum
• in a way
• in awe
• in awe of
• in awe of someone
• in awe of something
• in a word
• in bad faith
• in bed with
• in bed with someone
• in birthday suit
• in black and white
• in blood
• in brief
• in broad daylight
• in broad strokes
• in cahoots
• in cahoots with
• in cahoots with someone
• in case
• in case of
• in case of something
• in charge
• in charge of
• in charge of something