How to Use vindication in a Sentence

vindication

noun

• Yusef Salaam, one of the five, said the gate would serve as a form of vindication.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 12 Dec. 2022
• But the White House was quick to hail the news as vindication of its efforts to fight the opioid crisis.
  — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2020
• Foer’s book ends with the midterms, so it is imbued with a sense of vindication.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• Coming back to Italy now is in many ways a vindication.
  — André Aciman, Town & Country, 18 June 2020
• Willard Miller, 41, called the jury’s not guilty verdict on one count of child abuse a vindication.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 13 May 2022
• The Abraham Accords with the Gulf Arabs are a vindication of that vision.
  — WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
• First, there is the notion that the Nobel Prize equals vindication.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
• That the Supreme Court even agreed to consider the no-fly-list case is, in his mind, vindication, Albury says.
  — New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
• Last week was a vindication for Ellis, the first coach to win back-to-back Women's World Cup titles.
  — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 8 July 2019
• These last few weeks must feel like something of a vindication.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 3 Dec. 2020
• Some are describing it as vindication, showing that the school and its fans are not racist.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• Darnold said there was no sense of vindication beating the team that traded him in the offseason.
  — Steve Reed, courant.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• For the Rajapaksas, the election is vindication on a grand scale.
  — The Economist, 7 Aug. 2020
• The vibrations rattling the place were of vindication, and the chaos at the buzzer was rare for Bryant-Denny Stadium.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 9 Oct. 2022
• And so this week’s accolade at the World Whiskies Awards also serves as vindication for the fanbase.
  — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• For many Black leaders, Mr. Adams’s election is both a vindication and cause to wonder what might have been.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2021
• Not quite a Disney villain cackle of glee, but more a smug, adrenalin rush of vindication.
  — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2023
• Taylor, through his attorney, seemed to treat Catron’s plea in the case as vindication.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
• Georgetown came back in the second half and won by a single point, 50-49, but the game was seen as vindication for small schools and changed the nature of the NCAA tournament.
  — John Otis, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
• For many Palestinians, the outpouring of support among the fans at the World Cup felt like vindication.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• De Silva’s son is still riding the high of vindication.
  — Bridget Read, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2023
• Trolls emerged en masse seeking some kind of strange vindication.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 7 July 2020
• This served as a massive vindication for a band that has never fit into the Latin mainstream.
  — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2021
• Given all this, Democrats would be wise to treat the 2022 elections not as a vindication but as a stay of execution.
  — Alexander Burns, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
• That brought a hearty claim of vindication from Trump but set the stage for new rounds of political and legal fighting.
  — Chad Day, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
• The production received a Tony Award for best revival of a play, which served as vindication of sorts for Mr. Crowley.
  — Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2020
• Viewed in this light, Trump’s run to return to the White House might be seen as his attempt at vindication after a narrow defeat in 2020.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
• This could be his best shot at a national title — and at long last, vindication.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
• Yep, vindication finally for everyone who dared dream of a world where the Scooby gals got it on.
  — David Opie, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
• To Kuehl, who decided to retire in 2022, Wednesday’s outcome came as a vindication.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024