Example Sentences

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She felt exalted, proud of herself, as if she were vindicating her claim to character.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

They did not pass a new law, but they passed an act declaratory merely of the law which already existed, and which they were vindicating against illegal encroachment.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

"I don't know that I have ever betrayed my feeling to her," said Hans, as if he were vindicating himself.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George