How to Use justifiable in a Sentence

justifiable

adjective

• Kapler came out to lift Nola and the crowd booed, but the move was justifiable.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
• In that case the shooting may have been a justifiable amount of force, Nunn says.
  — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 17 June 2020
• But that would have been the right justifiable thing to do that would honor her truth.
  — EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Toast buns on the grill or in the oven, add your favorite toppings and serve with justifiable pride.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
• The number would be backed up by jobs that need to be filled, and by state, and include some justifiable refugees.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• The shooting was ruled justifiable, and no charges were filed.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 Dec. 2019
• Or, has there ever been a more justifiable time to splurge on a pair of cross-country skis?
  — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2020
• Jerry Giesler butted in and declared that the killing was a case of justifiable homicide.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
• To many of them, killing someone with such a reprobate mind was justifiable by God’s laws.
  — Time, 7 Nov. 2022
• But for the most part the court agreed with the commission's conclusions that the setup was just not justifiable.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 25 May 2021
• The May shooting death of a 44-year-old man has been ruled justifiable and no criminal charges will be filed.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 24 July 2023
• By the end of the twelve days, Dankovsky is convinced that preserving the tower at the expense of the town is the only justifiable course of action.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020
• Although few homicides are ruled justifiable, the race of the parties can play a role in such outcomes.
  — Jessica Ander, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
• Only 3 percent of deaths are ruled justifiable when the shooter is black and the victim is white.
  — Jane Coaston, Vox, 25 Aug. 2018
• To be justifiable, a war must also be fought with the aim of accomplishing a just cause.
  — Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2022
• Of course, if the tariffs achieve some broader aim, higher prices might be a justifiable cost.
  — Evan Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2018
• And in the midst of justifiable civil unrest, a lot needs fixing in Dallas right now.
  — Dallas News, 7 June 2020
• As such, the sky-high pricing is not justifiable as based on the said-to-be hollow argument that lives are going to be saved.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• That self-regard is justifiable, though only up to a point.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Of those, two have been ruled justifiable and aren’t deemed criminal.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 Apr. 2023
• Deni Supplee says some of the fees charged separately from the base rate are justifiable.
  — USA Today, 4 June 2021
• Christian’s death is the seventh to be ruled justifiable.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 24 July 2023
• People pulled back out of fear—a justifiable fear that remains.
  — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
• Of those, at least nine have been ruled justifiable and therefore are not deemed criminal.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 20 Aug. 2019
• Thomas’s death is the eighth slaying this year to be ruled justifiable out of Birmingham’s 127 homicides.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Nov. 2022
• The decision to leave Kershaw in is justifiable if this was five years ago, and Kershaw was still the best pitcher in baseball.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• About $4,000 for a decade of peaceful sleep seems completely justifiable to me.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2019
• On the other end, those online discussed whether Rock deserved the slap or not and if Smith’s actions were justifiable.
  — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 29 Mar. 2022
• Yet this violence isn’t justifiable simply because viewers can understand—and even sympathize with—the source of her anger.
  — Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
• This is why to have both Torishima and Horii express their frustration over these changes for a Western audience is entirely justifiable.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024