with some justification

phrase

: not unreasonably

She noted with some justification that other people had experienced similar problems.

Examples of with some justification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Catherine wheel of anxiety spins in the largest military alliance in history, with some justification. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Why, the hardliners now ask with some justification, should Iran stake its security on a new accord with the same administration? — Pegah Banihashemi, Time, 10 Apr. 2026

The companies’ lawyers are likely to argue, with some justification, that the science linking the design of platforms to mental health harm remains contested, and that the companies have already implemented safety measures. — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026

Many contemporary Americans have come to believe—with some justification—that the liberal-progressive tradition abandoned free speech, enforcing ideological conformity in elite universities, the media, and cultural institutions. — Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025

Trump can, with some justification, take a victory lap for this change (though Vladimir Putin surely deserves more credit). — Joshua Keating, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025

That’s the way the media go, and with some justification, plus, yes, joy. — Randy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024

Henry has served haplessly in the job ever since, lately citing—with some justification—widespread instability in the capital as the main impediment to holding new national elections. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024

Apple emphasized, with some justification, that this could be risky for you. — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024

Rhymes for with some justification

• deindustrialization
• immunoprecipitation
• individualisation
• individualization
• institutionalisation
• institutionalization
• internationalization
• neovascularization
• operationalization
• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration