justify
verb (used with object)
to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right.
are justifying
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present progressiveof justify.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“They are justifying it by saying, `Why should I waste that time commuting?’ ” she said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
“They are justifying killing these wolf pups as a form of humane management even though these wolf pups pose no danger,” Liao told the Statesman.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
To Mr. Pacelle, Australia’s professional hunters are justifying harm to wildlife to get paid.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2021
Dubious claims about privacy rights are justifying a cover-up by Southern University in Baton Rouge of a faculty member’s possible misdeeds.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2017
Our own men are justifying to the full the confidence reposed in them; what men can do they will accomplish.
From Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith by Spenser Wilkinson
