How to Use justified in a Sentence

justified

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The variable scope was regarded with extreme and justified suspicion.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• But their views on much else — the officer’s motive, the police investigation, whether the shooting was a justified use of force — greatly differ, conflicts that a Prince George’s County jury will weigh over the next two weeks at Owen’s trial.
  — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• That’s where public opinion will say: Yes, this was a justified and necessary action by the federal government, or no, this is political.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• Lam said that bypassing normal spending rules to address the high-stakes crisis was absolutely justified.
  — Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com, 25 June 2021
• What’s the takeaway for Hollywood after the nominations and justified acclaim?
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
• The huge, dissonant piano cluster at the end seems to signify Ellington’s justified anger about Gershwin’s continued eclipse of him as the great American composer, long after Gershwin was dead.
  — Ethan Iverson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• Lovell-Badge favors extending the limit, as long as the research is scientifically justified and has public support.
  — USA Today, 2 May 2021

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024