JUSTIFIABLE in a Sentence

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Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.

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 Meanings and Examples of JUSTIFIABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
justifiable
 a.  capable of being justified, or shown to be just
Classic Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1  It is a very justifiable cause of a war, to invade a country after the people have been wasted by famine, destroyed by pestilence, or embroiled by factions among themselves.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
2  It is justifiable to enter into war against our nearest ally, when one of his towns lies convenient for us, or a territory of land, that would render our dominions round and complete.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
3  I suppose that you will admit that the action is morally justifiable, though technically criminal.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
4  Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
5  It cost a pretty penny; but there are occasions when a little expense is justifiable.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
6  The risk she had run acting in the open air was justified.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
7  Julia might be justified in so doing by the hints of Mrs. Grant, inclined to credit what she wished, and Maria by the hints of Mr. Crawford himself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  A fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in health and beauty.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  To think of him as Miss Crawford might be justified in thinking, would in her be insanity.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
10  That would only prove her affection not equal to sacrifices, which, in fact, I am scarcely justified in asking; and, if I am refused, that, I think, will be the honest motive.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
11  All his sanguine expectations, all his confidence had been justified.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
12  I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
13  Your mission today has justified itself, and yet I could almost wish that you had not left his side.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
14  I would suggest carrying this poor fellow to my house, but it would give my sister such a fright that I do not feel justified in doing it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
15  We imagined what might have happened, acted upon the supposition, and find ourselves justified.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  I was engaging in justifiable self-defense or resisting an actual unlawful arrest.
2  Some people believe that to prevaricate in a good cause is justifiable and regard such a statement as a "white lie.".
3  The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
4  The act was barely justified by the circumstances.
5  Such action can be justified on the grounds of greater efficiency.
6  As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
7  Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.
8  In the Chief Constable's view the use of force was fully justified.
9  The boy justified himself by saying he did not begin the fight.
10  We do not publish anonymous letters, although we may withhold a writer's identify if it is justified.
11  In my opinion, the decision was wholly justified.
12  This extreme role really depends upon the social researcher deciding whether the means are justified by the ends.
13  Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her.
14  To change or rescind is justified only when re-estimate of all of the available facts.
15  His warning soon turned out to be well justified, as the attacking ship unleashed its initial salvo from a distance much greater than a Springer captain would have dared to fire.