How to Use do justice to in a Sentence

do justice to

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  • This pains me greatly, and does not do justice to the passion and hard work of our team.
    Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2022
  • No words will do justice to the special nature of this place.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • How does one do justice to the breadth and impact of Leonard Bernstein’s life and career?
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 June 2021
  • The 23-point margin of defeat didn’t do justice to the Wisconsin’s effort for the night.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
  • But this series does, for the most part, do justice to the metaphor at the center of Butler’s masterpiece.
    Time, 8 Dec. 2022
  • This is touching but fails to do justice to the uniquely complex man and artist that is its subject.
    Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
  • So the script came with a responsibility on my part to do justice to that time.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2022
  • The film team settled on the expansive Freshwater West Beach to do justice to the moment.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The scoreboard didn’t do justice to Oregon State’s defense.
    oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Alas, it was widely regarded as far too bland and twee to do justice to the brooding Man in Black, and the show flopped and closed within six weeks.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The goal was his first of the season, reward for a player whose season point total (two) doesn’t do justice to his impact on the ice.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Loki winds up back in the TVA and to say that he is devastated by Sylvie's betrayal doesn't do justice to the look on his face.
    Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 14 July 2021
  • Mandela Day as a single day of the year or as a call to charity does not do justice to Mr. Mandela’s spirit.
    Monica Mark, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2022
  • Those last three words, of course, could never really do justice to Kottmeier’s years-long journey.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • And with their final images, Hynes and O’Connor do justice to the play’s thrust towards desolation.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That doesn’t even begin to do justice to Guillermo and Kim Morgan’s adaptation.
    Martin Scorsese, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • It’s never felt that Bluetooth technology was good enough to do justice to its amazing range of DAPs.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • But watching them on iPhone did not do justice to the majestic and panoramic imagery being offered on TV screens.
    David Zurawik, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
  • According to Gerard, television broadcasts also don’t do justice to the locale or the course’s sense of place.
    Shaun Tolson, Robb Report, 2 July 2022
  • Pictures can hardly do justice to the level of execution on the dial, bezel, case, and buckle.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The elegant bottle and ornate, intricate box in which it’s housed do justice to the liquid inside.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Labeling this do-it-all midfielder as just a scorer, however, wouldn’t do justice to the other aspects of her game.
    Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2023
  • That’s true, but this nutshell description doesn’t begin to do justice to the beauty, the serene mood, the spectacular surroundings, and the doting staff that run this unique escape.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The weekly barrage of paparazzi pics and occasional pop-up in a mate’s Instagram story hardly do justice to spending a day with the icon.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Even a detailed description of the Rube Goldberg-esque plot can’t do justice to the zinging action and the manifest delight that Russell takes in bringing it to life.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • It is seen as failing to do justice to the communitarian values common across Africa.
    Benjamin Rosman, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Her description was entirely accurate, and yet her words did not quite do justice to the significance and scale of what took place on the field, and beyond, on April 30 in Trabzon.
    New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • For at least a few more months, Shnaider will try to do justice to both worlds, but the challenge pales in comparison to taking on the satellite circuit last year with no chaperone or modern means of payment.
    Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Who else is going to truly encapsulate and do justice to that experience in song?
    Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The text of his speech at the Democratic convention does not quite do justice to his impassioned attack on Republicans for failing to extend price controls in 1946, and for their platform on prices.
    Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024

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