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
“A lot of people are justifying things: ‘given everything that’s going on; given what’s been demanded of me; given everything that I’ve been deprived of; I need it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 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
Now, there are other tweets that I’ve seen where they are justifying their actions—for example, I’m sure you saw the YouTube video that got removed.
From Slate ● May 21, 2021
Others will look after the children of widowers who have gone to the front, and in various other ways the women of France are justifying their reputation for cheerful self-abnegation.
From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Charles Inman Barnard
