How to Use vindicate in a Sentence

vindicate

verb
  • He felt vindicated when the truth became known.
  • Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.
  • She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.
  • These discoveries vindicate their theory.
  • And risks to the downside could still vindicate Wall Street’s bears.
    Alexandra Semenova, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • By the time the vote was over, Paxton was vindicated and the rain had stopped.
    Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Calls for the eight to be vindicated grew -- even in state media.
    Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Each of them has paid off in some way or will be vindicated in the future.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • But Lari’s track record seems to vindicate the brashness of his youth.
    Andrada Fiscutean, Ars Technica, 27 Aug. 2018
  • This case presents a unique chance to vindicate that value—and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
  • For them the flooding was ordained by God, a sign that they were vindicated in a running feud with the team.
    Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Most requesters simply do not have the resources to vindicate their rights in court.
    Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
  • This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
    Time Staff, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Her hunch was vindicated; the spectator was a plant sent by a far-right group.
    The Economist, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The swift deposing of the Taliban appeared to vindicate Bush.
    Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Because my gift has taken me places that my past wouldn’t vindicate me for.
    Astrid Hacker, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Unedited footage of her infamous phone call with West emerged in 2020, vindicating her in the eyes of many.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, by the end of this dinner, Angie was vindicated.
    Sarah Hagi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Lindell said at the time that the report vindicated anyone who had claimed the 2020 election was stolen.
    Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Good things come to those who wait, though, and Hreiðarsson’s Premier League toils were soon to be vindicated.
    SI.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The basic argument of Zionism — that the Jews are not safe — was vindicated by the death of six million.
    Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In a phone call Friday, Sleiman said he felt vindicated by the decision and plans to return to work.
    Brooke Schultz, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • You must feel vindicated by the performance the film has had in theaters.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Riley is vindicated, as the Bulls are in an awful bind. -- Ury.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • The question, though, of whether nonvets ought to feel vindicated by the conduct and results of the Vietnam War is, in a sense, beside the point.
    Christopher Buckley, Esquire, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The United States won the Cold War, of course—a result that might seem to vindicate this intolerance.
    Jeremy Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
  • Freed was vindicated when Arlen and Harburg took home the Academy Award for best song of 1939.
    Stephen Cox, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But Trump claimed at a Michigan event on Tuesday that he has now been vindicated.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Giuliani insists that Trump has done nothing wrong and will be vindicated in the end.
    Tessa Berenson, Time, 7 June 2018
  • That means that in many states, workers and their advocates are going to be looking to state courts to vindicate their rights.
    Gene Johnson, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020

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