Example Sentences

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“It was validating to meet someone neutral, who knows about clocks. Not just a watchmaker, but a watchmaker’s watchmaker. For him to validate my grandfather meant a lot to me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

As a dancer and member of Seattle Teen’s Summer Stage, seeing live theater as a budding youth artist was validating, he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Calandrelli said it was validating to know she wasn’t alone.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

It was validating to me when I went to other veterans on the council and they said, yes, they felt exactly the same way.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2021

"That was validating in itself to know that everything that my mother and I have done and spoke about actually had an effect on her."

From Fox News • Jul. 1, 2021