How to Use justification in a Sentence

justification

noun

• He tried to present a justification for his behavior.
• There is no possible justification for what she did.
• His behavior is without justification.
• The justification for the change is a matter of debate.
  — Brian Slodysko, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2018
• Sort through the justification for each of these two stances to determine the best for you.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 30 Aug. 2018
• But that is not a justification for some of the things he’s written.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 19 Dec. 2017
• And there is no real justification for any of this to need the blockchain as an essential part of the process.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022
• The Kremlin was quick to cite the attack as a justification for its war.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
• There's a good amount of justification for the acclaim.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• The judge found no competitive justification for the league’s age rule and no harm to the league in lifting the rule.
  — oregonlive, 30 June 2021
• Musk provided no justification or proof to back up his claim at the time.
  — Kerry Flynn, CNN, 2 Dec. 2019
• The Chloe’s guest rooms are justification enough for locals to stay for a night or two.
  — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2020
• There is no justification for leaving a child on a table to die.
  — Russell D. Moore, National Review, 14 Feb. 2020
• One of the common threads of any genocide is its justification.
  — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 20 June 2018
• There is no justification for that kind of cruelty, and no greater good that can come of it.
  — Nadia Murad, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2018
• Rarely has a writer thought more of himself and with less justification.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2021
• That sort of justification is tough to swallow, whether in real life or on film.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
• There’s no justification for that from the business side.
  — Andy Nesbitt, For The Win, 30 Oct. 2019
• And people see that there is no justification for what is being done.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2021
• Kya is revealed to be the murderer, but the killing has moral justification.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 July 2022
• Here among all the talk is the raw face of power, without gloss or metaphor, the thing that needs no justification but itself.
  — Laura Tanenbaum, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• But as decades of messy wars drag on, this justification grows less and less plausible.
  — The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
• There was no doubt that was, in fact, the underlying justification for the work.
  — Longreads, 12 Mar. 2018
• This is the only true justification for all forms of state power in a democracy.
  — Batya Ungar-Sargon, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019
• Forgive me, but this feels like a lot of justification after-the-fact.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
• The rest of us will find our justification in its heirloom quality and stunning good looks.
  — Joanna Linberg, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• That's kind of been my justification for eating desserts and candy.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
• But he’d rather be known as a media mogul — and not without justification.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
• The justification, clearly, these agents are evil, so why not.
  — Fox News, 21 June 2018
• Or, they're done and use cheating as a justification for the relationship to be over.
  — Micaela English, Woman's Day, 27 Mar. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024