How to Use justified in a Sentence

justified

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  • The same should apply to Israel’s justified war in Gaza.
    — Mike Pence, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But the high cost of his fish was not always justified, according to ex-staffers.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
  • The outrage of Memphis and all supporters of Black lives is a justified one. ...
    — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2023
  • All the rubies, sapphires, and emeralds in the Blue Book are untreated, a point of justified pride.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 5 June 2023
  • Biden has a strong — and justified — sense of unfairness about what is happening to him.
    — Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • Do some kills feel justified and some kills don’t feel justified?
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 7 July 2023
  • If the shooting was not justified, charges can be substantial.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Indeed, the comments on Reddit, and the strong (justified) reactions from the women whose faces were used in the clips, testify to a deep sense of disgust.
    — WIRED, 23 June 2023
  • Elsewhere, Ivan Toney (£7.4m) is a justified sell after being left out of the Brentford squad against Palace, as talks continue to progress on a move away.
    — Holly Shand, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • And of that share, 67% describe the attack as an act of terrorism by Hamas, versus 12% who see it as a justified act of resistance by Hamas.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • With the versatility of this, the money is well justified though...
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • In South Korea, so widely acknowledged is the right to some peace and quiet that even many parents see the zones as reasonable and justified.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • The other draft order, the one disbanding the Iraqi army, also seemed justified to Bremer, Slocombe, and Feith in light of the on-the-ground reality.
    — Garrett M. Graff, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2023
  • Binance argues that the charges aren’t justified, telling customers that their assets were fully backed by reserves.
    — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • The savagery that emerges from Daniel’s paranoia — or justified certainty?
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • The whisk and bowl are hand-wash only, so that's a minor inconvenience, and it's got a moderately high (although justified) price point.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 July 2023
  • While the world has changed since early 2020, and new approaches are justified, health officials warn that the virus remains part of our reality.
    — Tribune Media Services, al, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Tips, in this more intimate setting, felt more justified than before.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
  • But cake-cutting fees are actually quite normal and justified—labor is not free, my friends!
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Nancy Pelosi, rather than returning home to San Francisco with a justified sense of triumph, is running.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
  • People do have reason to be angry—but even justified anger does not justify murder.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For others, Mangione is an expression of the depth of righteous anger present in American life right now, a symbol of justified violence.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Those details are worth bearing in mind as some people seek to cast his killing as a tale of justified, or at least understandable, fury against faceless corporate greed.
    — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • But other concerns are well justified, and authorities around the country are hoping to get through the next few days without incident.
    — Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • His new novel, Murder Your Employer, is a comic thriller set at a college that teaches students how to get away with justified homicide.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 6 Mar. 2023
  • No Landing This dissonance allows commentators with ‘soft landing’ views to feel justified, as much as those with ‘hard landing views.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Progressives are entirely justified in forcing his and Manchin's hand.
    — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 11 June 2021
  • The tally does not include people killed in homicides deemed to be noncriminal, such as justified police shootings or cases of self-defense.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
  • This involves making sure that the company takes risks that are well justified, and the skeptics views are critical for informing these calculations.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The variable scope was regarded with extreme and justified suspicion.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023

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