How to Use justify in a Sentence

justify

verb

• The fact that we are at war does not justify treating innocent people as criminals.
• He tried to justify his behavior by saying that he was being pressured unfairly by his boss.
• There was no new fact to justify the change.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• The last two months have shown that alarm was justified.
  — ABC News, 6 May 2026
• But the ends do not justify the means.
  — State Sen. Tony Hwang, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
• So how is such a war justified?
  — Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
• Did the man go too far, or was his anger justified?
  — Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• Just a kid… but the hype feels justified.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
• Just a kid… but the hype feels justified.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• My grief and my truth is justified.
  — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
• Your amount of use for this will help justify if the cost makes sense for you.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022
• That's where the cost is justified.
  — Aruna Veerappan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• But in a lot of my shows, no one is justifying their transness.
  — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
• At the same time, he is justified in that belief.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
• His killing cannot be justified by a claim of self-defense.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
• Her killing cannot be justified by a claim of self-defense.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
• But sales were not enough to justify its large footprint.
  — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
• Tuchel has owned his big calls and justified his choices.
  — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 23 May 2026
• The fact that the boats may have had drugs was enough to justify those actions.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
• This data justifies more stock gains on its own.
  — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
• Some are too flashy, while others look too plain to justify the price tag.
  — Amina Ayoud, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
• But some tweaks would be justified after this game.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
• It has been used some to justify racist attacks.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026
• Will the price drop low enough to justify waiting?
  — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
• The work that used to justify a six-month roadmap can now be finished in weeks.
  — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• He may be justified in doing so.
  — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• Would he be justified in doing so?
  — ABC News, 18 Jan. 2026
• But none of this justifies standing still.
  — Peter S. Hendricks, STAT, 6 May 2026
• That was always hard to justify against a team of four or five marketers.
  — Sue Mysko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• If a movie can justify the cost, studios will still make the effort.
  — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 9 July 2024