Sentence examples for If to justify from inspiring English sources

As if to justify all the mocking and finger-pointing, Simon said "We embrace all nationalities".

"He's also been a psychologist for Metallica," Ryan said, as if to justify the gentleman.

She added somewhat sheepishly, as if to justify her splurge, "It's going to be my birthday".

"My vagabondage / is unlonelied by poems" she confesses at one point, as if to justify her questioning.

Comparisons to painting abound in the wall text, as if to justify photography's presence in a museum full of Rembrandts.

The more McCain gave in to the base the more he seemed to need to demonize his opponent, as if to justify his own moral compromises.

What happens next in individual hospitals seems to me important, if only to justify the expense of the survey.

Chief executives value being seen as upright, respectable members of the community, if only to justify their outsize salaries.

Current form should count, if only to justify all these conference tournaments, which give the selection committee a glimpse of where teams are in March.

The administration should consult with allies about the strikes "to reassure them that we are not applying a standard that we would consider unlawful if espoused to justify the use of drones by, say, China, North Korea or Iran," he said.

They are their audience: thirtysomething, committed music fans, spat out from the end of the 90s boom and now hankering after more nourishing entertainment, if only to justify the cost of the babysitter.